Upgrade from a i5-460M

[the1corrupted]

Okay, so I was digging through ARK one day, and I found the socket type of the Intel Core i5 460M and I decided to look into possible upgrades for my two year old laptop, and what did I find with a PGA988? Intel i5 2540M.

I realize that laptops are fairly proprietary but I was wondering, since they share the same socket, and same 35W TDP, if I could change the 460M for the 2540?

Maybe with a bios update? Or change the bios accordingly to support the new architecture?

 

[popatim]

Check the laptop manufacturers website for a list of supported CPU's.

 

[whyso]

Very very likely no as they use different chipsets and will require certain drivers to run. The manufacturer probably does not have a bios for the new cpu.