Hi,
I'm a proud owner of a HP Pavilion DV5-1060ew, which still works perfectly up to this day and mostly being used when I'm away from home to surf the net and talk to my friends over Discord. However, the CPU sometimes shows it's age and I was wondering about upgrading it. It's an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400.
The HP's website and their customer service says, that oficially the best upgrade I could get is another dual core, a T9600. However, I was informed that since this is a Socket P, I might be able to put a quad core in it and it could work.
So, I got myself an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000, spent around $10 for it at the local shop. Installed it, cleaned the cooling and other parts along the way, put it back together aaaaaand... Yeah. Nothing. The laptop turns on, so it's a good sign, but the screen is black, the LED light from HDD is flashing red and LED lights from caps lock and num lock are blinking.
So my question is - is this an insufficient power supply, I put it back the wrong way or is this mobo/CPU not compatible after all? What can I do to make this work?
NO, I WON'T THROW IT AWAY - it has a sentimental value since I got it for my 18th birthday from my grandparents. I want it to work as long as possible
I'm a proud owner of a HP Pavilion DV5-1060ew, which still works perfectly up to this day and mostly being used when I'm away from home to surf the net and talk to my friends over Discord. However, the CPU sometimes shows it's age and I was wondering about upgrading it. It's an Intel Core 2 Duo P8400.
The HP's website and their customer service says, that oficially the best upgrade I could get is another dual core, a T9600. However, I was informed that since this is a Socket P, I might be able to put a quad core in it and it could work.
So, I got myself an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000, spent around $10 for it at the local shop. Installed it, cleaned the cooling and other parts along the way, put it back together aaaaaand... Yeah. Nothing. The laptop turns on, so it's a good sign, but the screen is black, the LED light from HDD is flashing red and LED lights from caps lock and num lock are blinking.
So my question is - is this an insufficient power supply, I put it back the wrong way or is this mobo/CPU not compatible after all? What can I do to make this work?
NO, I WON'T THROW IT AWAY - it has a sentimental value since I got it for my 18th birthday from my grandparents. I want it to work as long as possible
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