Possible to upgrade i3-3110M to i5-i7?

[ZakariaY]

Hi there, I'm new here, I hope you're doing well.
I have a Sony Vaio laptop S series, has the core i3-3110M 64-bit 2.40Ghz 8GB RAM, and I was wondering if I can upgrade my CPU to i5 or preferably i7?
If so, please guide me through this upgrade and tell me which Core i5-i7 would suit me the most and have the same socket of i3-3110M.
Thank you so much in advance.

 

[Nuckles_56]

Chances are, the CPU is soldered onto the motherboard, so you are unable to replace it without replacing the whole motherboard

 

[Gingerbread]

The M series are not soldered on, so you will be able to replace it, however you cannot replace it with anything more than a dual core, as quad cores have higher TDP which is not supported by your laptop. Best you could get is an Intel Core i7-3540M.

 

[chris987]

core i3-3110M comes on both pin and ball grid arrays. so you really need to use somehting like cpu z and check the exact cpu type you have and mobo chipset.

http://ark.intel.com/products/65700/Intel-Core-i3-3110M-Processor-3M-Cache-2_40-GHz