From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 23 19:13:55 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DEEE4DF6 for ; Sat, 23 May 2015 19:13:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sender1.zohomail.com (sender1.zohomail.com [74.201.84.153]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAC2612B7 for ; Sat, 23 May 2015 19:13:55 +0000 (UTC) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=zapps768; d=zoho.com; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=G27RuKDSbtIVNTNDPvszlab+3Q8BAzUyjoS5DGqdLry2ubJ4gZSPBjR6gYrmeG5dsuiPqHq5R/CP tYMoQ9NRrURhW0I4ynRYhq6xQ/CdrIP9oAO9BP2H2BKKW3OWVOSU Received: from WorkBox.Home (75-168-121-128.mpls.qwest.net [75.168.121.128]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1432408428508196.93045140682057; Sat, 23 May 2015 12:13:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 14:13:45 -0500 From: Brandon Wandersee To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing cpu Message-ID: <20150523191345.GA7122@WorkBox.Home> References: <5560B408.4000601@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5560B408.4000601@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 19:13:56 -0000 Generally speaking, *even if* the sockets match, and *even if* the board firmware can handle it, and *even if* there aren't any foreseeable software problems, if installing a particular CPU model wasn't an option for the laptop when the laptop was first purchased, using that CPU would be a very bad idea. So without knowing the laptop model (or how you concluded this was certainly a CPU problem), I wouldn't guess at an answer myself. -- ============================================ :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@zoho.com :: ============================================ "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams ============================================