Tech Help HP Envy Dis-assembely

[ItsRyeBred]

I need to know how to gain access to the guts of my HP Envy 15.6 touchsmart laptop, I believe that I have to take the bit AROUND the keyboard and trackpad off and they are there.

 

[Cloakedsphere]

...?

Why are you having to take apart your laptop?

 

[ItsRyeBred]

I need to replace the CPU with one that is more powerful.

 

[Icydud]

I need to replace the CPU with one that is more powerful.

Do you know if the CPU and the board are compatible?

 

[ItsRyeBred]

I haven't bought one, I'm not taking my laptop apart at all until I have a CPU in house. I have 8 gigs of RAM but the CPU only push 2.10 GHz... How would one tell if a CPU is compatible?

 

[ChocolateVillain]

I believe that I have to take the bit AROUND the keyboard and trackpad off and they are there.

Going to take a bit more then that to get to the cpu. Not sure on the HP Envy, with my HP DV I had to take just about everything apart to change out the CPU fan (front plate, back plate, keyboard, monitor, ect).

Not sure if HP has changed the interior of the laptop much since I did it (around 2010) but it was complicated and tedious. Lots and lots of small screws.

 

[ItsRyeBred]

What my PC repair teacher and I are suspecting is that the blue bit comes off all as one plate and the CPU, Ram, etc. are scatter about next to the keyboard and trackpad.

 

[Cloakedsphere]

What my PC repair teacher and I are suspecting is that the blue bit comes off all as one plate and the CPU, Ram, etc. are scatter about next to the keyboard and trackpad.

99.9% of the time you cant change your CPU on a laptop because its solder'd in. Did your teacher not tell you this? I am even more curious on who sells these CPU's for laptops to a consumer.

 

[ItsRyeBred]

I mean on the motherboard he showed me it used a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) slot so it wasn't solder'd in. As for buying them, you can get them anywhere I would assume, but for right now I've just been looking on Amazon...

 

[Cloakedsphere]

I mean on the motherboard he showed me it used a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) slot so it wasn't solder'd in. As for buying them, you can get them anywhere I would assume, but for right now I've just been looking on Amazon...

I have never heard of any CPU maker selling a laptop CPU through amazon. When it comes to stuff like this they sell to distributors who then sell it to big name companies.

The motherboard he showed you is not always the one you have. Not all are the same as you happen to know since you're being trained in computer repair.

I dont think any laptop comes with a zero insertion force slot. Most if not all laptop CPU's are soldered to the motherboard directly.

 

[SevenOh!]

I have never heard of any CPU maker selling a laptop CPU through amazon. When it comes to stuff like this they sell to distributors who then sell it to big name companies.

He's most likely not looking at parts from the manufacturer since most laptop CPU's you see on amazon are used. You can find them on newegg, but the selection isn't all that large.

I mean on the motherboard he showed me it used a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) slot so it wasn't solder'd in.

If you give us the model number for your laptop we can probably find a picture of the motherboard for you and maybe see what's going on, but honestly I've never seen a laptop with anything but a soldered on CPU since those components aren't really meant to be replaced by the consumer.

 

[ItsRyeBred]

"Product name: HP ENvy m6 Sleekbook"

"Product Number: E0L02UA#ABA"

 

[SevenOh!]

"Product name: HP ENvy m6 Sleekbook"

"Product Number: E0L02UA#ABA"

So your notebook is using a A10-5745M, it's an AMD processor that uses the FP2 socket. Also the CPU isn't actually soldered into the board you can just pop it out.

So what you're looking for is another CPU that can use the FP2 socket.

 

[ItsRyeBred]

Thanks! You guys have been a great help and now I can get credit for replacing the CPU in MY "moms" laptop...