Toshiba c870 cpu upgrade

nikolaroma

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Hello everyone ,I nees some help .Currently i have pentium b960 cpu in my laptop .I would like to upgrade it to i5 or even i7 .Can you tell me is it possible?Did anyone do this before ?
How about i5 3210m or i7 2670 qm?
Thanks in advance
 
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The satellite c870 processor is not soldered. I have one with b830 processor and tried to upgrade to i7 3630QM but while it works (fast), since the firmware does not support the i7 it was rebooting every 30 minutes.
My understanding the the fastest processor for this laptop was the i3 2350M.



The satellite c870 processor is not soldered. I have one with b830 processor and tried to upgrade to i7 3630QM but while it works (fast), since the firmware does not support the i7 it was rebooting every 30 minutes.
My understanding the the fastest processor for this laptop was the i3 2350M.

 
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