My 8440p auto shuts down and a repairman narrowed it down to the i7 CPU. It's stable on BIOS but anything after that and you roll the dice on an auto shutdown. It may even randomly shutdown as soon as you turnit on. Before this happened, it worked perfectly for a day. I noted the temps and it was around the mid 60s and 70s for the CPU and GPU respectively. Temperatures were not alarmingly high.
HP's website lists the i7 720qm, i7 620m, i5 540m, and i5 520m as the usable CPUs for the 8440p. I have an i5 560m from another laptop which is for the same sockets as the 4 mentioned.
Will a transplant work?
I should have thought about and asked this earlier, I've already purchased an i5 520 online but I want to try the 560m to see if the i7 is really faulty or if there is another cause for concern on the motherboard.
HP's website lists the i7 720qm, i7 620m, i5 540m, and i5 520m as the usable CPUs for the 8440p. I have an i5 560m from another laptop which is for the same sockets as the 4 mentioned.
Will a transplant work?
I should have thought about and asked this earlier, I've already purchased an i5 520 online but I want to try the 560m to see if the i7 is really faulty or if there is another cause for concern on the motherboard.