[SOLVED] CPU is 32 bit, is it possible to change to 64 bit CPU ?

[manasan3010]

Is it compatible to replace a 32 bit CPU with 64 bit CPU on my laptop motherboard?

Specs are 😀ell inspiron 15
i3-3217U CPU @ 1.80GHz

[KINDLY ANSWER THIS QUESTION BY CONSIDERING AS A GENERAL QUESTION]

 

[DSzymborski]

Not sure what "considering as a general question" means, but that CPU is soldered in, so you're not going to replace it unless you're a soldering legend, in which case you wouldn't need to ask the question in the first place.

 

[SkyNetRising]

i3-3217U is 64bit cpu (supports 64bit instructions).
https://ark.intel.com/products/65697/Intel-Core-i3-3217U-Processor-3M-Cache-1-80-GHz-

If your OS is 32bit and you need 64bit, then you'll have to perform clean install of 64bit OS.

Can you show screenshot from Control Panel\System ?

 

[manasan3010]

Not sure what "considering as a general question" means, but that CPU is soldered in, so you're not going to replace it unless you're a soldering legend, in which case you wouldn't need to ask the question in the first place.

i3-3217U is 64bit cpu (supports 64bit instructions).
https://ark.intel.com/products/65697/Intel-Core-i3-3217U-Processor-3M-Cache-1-80-GHz-

If your OS is 32bit and you need 64bit, then you'll have to perform clean install of 64bit OS.

Can you show screenshot from Control Panel\System ?

Does the 32 bit or 64 bit limit exits on to the motherboard level or does it exists only to the CPU.
What I am asking is If I bought a PC from Dell which has 32 bit hardware Can I change it to 64 bit by putting in a 64 bit CPU or Are there any compatibility problems with the manufacture's motherboard.
My analogy of laptop seemed to cause unwanted conflicts like soldering problems SORRY for that I am Just curious if it is possible to accomplish?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Supported instruction sets solely depend on cpu.

Why don't you name precise model names of cpus you want to replace from and to?
Generally cpus supported by specific motherboard will be either all 32bit or all 64bit.

 

[Calvin7]

Intel Core i3-3217U specifications
Introduction date: June 24, 2012

Architecture / Microarchitecture
Data width: 64 bit

Processors like this one are soldered on a board, as such, upgrading or replacing them is extremely difficult.

(Courtesy of CPU-world.com)

 

[DSzymborski]

It all depends on the motherboard, but I doubt you'd even find a 32-bit consumer CPU for sale at Dell at this point. Your CPU is not a 32-bit CPU, it's a 64-bit one.

There's no real practical application for this question. For example, the last CPU released by Intel that was 32-bit *and* is socketed in a manner in which you could swap it out was released like a dozen years ago.

Honestly, I'm not sure this is the question you're intending to ask; the chance that you buy a computer with a 32-bit processor from Dell *and* you can change the CPU *and* the same motherboard has a 64-bit processor you can swap in is effectively zero. And as noted, your current CPU is 64-bit and you cannot swap it out due to it being ball-grid array.