Question Laptop's CPU Upgrade

[kiwi___]

I have a really old laptop, it's a HP pavillion dv6 and has core 2 duo T6600 as CPU. I searched it up and it has PGA478 socket which is as far as I know supports CPU upgrades, I want to upgrade my CPU. Can anyone tell me what CPU would be a good upgrade and how can i do it?

 

[USAFRet]

I have a really old laptop, it's a HP pavillion dv6 and has core 2 duo T6600 as CPU. I searched it up and it has PGA478 socket which is as far as I know supports CPU upgrades, I want to upgrade my CPU. Can anyone tell me what CPU would be a good upgrade and how can i do it?

A different CPU that would fit that same socket wouldn't be enough of an upgrade to warrant the time, expense, and hassle.

 

[kiwi___]

A different CPU that would fit that same socket wouldn't be enough of an upgrade to warrant the time, expense, and hassle.

Interesting, I would also consider what you said as an option, but let's say as an experiment I would want to upgrade then which CPU would be better than the current one?

 

[USAFRet]

Interesting, I would also consider what you said as an option, but let's say as an experiment I would want to upgrade then which CPU would be better than the current one?

This is an apparent list of CPUs physically compatible with the PGA478 socket.

PGA478 Socket list - Cpu Specs Benchmarks reviews cpu upgrade

Processors using the PGA478 Socket , Motherboards using Socket PGA478

amd-intel-cpu-benchmark.com

However...that absolutely does not mean any of those will work with the BIOS in that laptop.
Laptop BIOSs are frequently locked down to prevent changes.

 

[kiwi___]

This is an apparent list of CPUs physically compatible with the PGA478 socket.

PGA478 Socket list - Cpu Specs Benchmarks reviews cpu upgrade

Processors using the PGA478 Socket , Motherboards using Socket PGA478

amd-intel-cpu-benchmark.com

However...that absolutely does not mean any of those will work with the BIOS in that laptop.
Laptop BIOSs are frequently locked down to prevent changes.

I see. May I ask what does BIOS being locked down means and if there is a work around that?

 

[SorryBella]

May I ask what does BIOS being locked down means

It just means that theyre locked on microcode level, which means you have to either work around it (above most people's paygrade on that old of a laptop nowadays), or verify that it will work. That means brute forcing your way into buying a bunch of old socketed CPUs.

As a rule of thumb I would go for what CPUs were shipped with that laptop and specific model number. But most likely, its that T6600 in the first place.

 

[USAFRet]

I see. May I ask what does BIOS being locked down means and if there is a work around that?

It means it may only talk to that original CPU.

 

[kiwi___]

It means it may only talk to that original CPU.

It just means that theyre locked on microcode level, which means you have to either work around it (above most people's paygrade on that old of a laptop nowadays), or verify that it will work. That means brute forcing your way into buying a bunch of old socketed CPUs.

As a rule of thumb I would go for what CPUs were shipped with that laptop and specific model number. But most likely, its that T6600 in the first place.

Alright. Thanks to both of you for helping me out, really appreciate it.