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‎06-27-2020 11:16 PM

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Product: Compaq cq42-451tu
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I wanted to upgrade my laptop CPU (Compaq cq42-451tu)  for better performance. It currently has a pentium p6200 processor and i wanted to upgrade it's processor. Would like to know which processor I can upgrade it to. It has a rPGA socket 989 socket type. It has integrated HD graphics. If someone could help upgrade it too.

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‎06-28-2020 07:49 AM

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Hi:

 

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02623161

 

Chapter 1 lists the supported processors.

 

The best one you can upgrade to would be the i7-620M.

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