Toshiba Satellite Pro C850-1H8 - BIOS CPU upgrade support

[spin-out]

Hi there people,

I'm wandering if there's a possibility of upgrading the i5 3230m that's currently in my Satellite Pro C850-1H8.
Looking at the options available on the socket FCPGA988 and the Intel HM70 chipset there seems to be a variety of the i7's available for use.
Does the laptop support CPUs with a greater max TDP than 35w?
Also does the bios support any of the CPU upgrade options?

Cheers, Nick

 

[jeff-j]

Even if you are able to swap processors and the bios does support it, you will still run into a heat issue with the faster processor.