Can I change my system board to upgrade my processor?

[anan265]

I have a HP 14q-cs0023tu consumer notebook PC and I want to upgrade it from i3-7020U to a later one. I pprobed through the HP Maintanence and service guide and found a variety of options there for System board as shown below.

Please tell which system board fits best into my notebook PC (of 8th Generation and above).

Thank you in advance

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

You could do that, but it would be cheaper to buy a new notebook that has hardware support for W11.

Replacing the motherboard on such a new PC (assuming you could even find the part you need), would cost about the same or more than you paid for your notebook.

You would want one of these if you don't want to change the heat sink and they would be a little cheaper than the ones with the discrete graphics.

For use in models with UMA graphics memory:
● Intel Core i7-8550U processor L23233-601
● Intel Core i5-8265U processor L38151-601
● Intel Core i5-8250U processor L23232-601
● Intel Core i3-8130U processor L23231-601

Then you would have to take the notebook to an authorized HP service center to have the BIOS tattooed with the notebook's model number, product number and serial number as those fields would be empty.

It is too early in the game to be concerned with the W11 requirements right now.  No doubt they will change.

I think Microsoft is going to get a lot of pushback regarding the exceptionally stringent hardware requirements, and may be begged to relax them.

I had found this document yesterday, and already it had changed...I posted the part that was removed.

The article indicated that PC's needed to meet the hard floor requirements, and the soft floor was optional.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/windows-11/

Hard Floor:

• CPU: Core >= 2 and Speed >= 1 GHz
• System Memory: TotalPhysicalRam >= 4 GB
• Storage: 64 GB
• Security: TPM Version >= 1.2 and SecureBootCapable = True
• Smode: Smode is false, or Smode is true and C_ossku in (0x65, 0x64, 0x63, 0x6D, 0x6F, 0x73, 0x74, 0x71)

Soft Floor:

• Security: TPMVersion >= 2.0
• CPU Generation

[anan265]

Thank you for the reply. If Microsoft relaxes the minimum requirements for Windows 11, then I will consider to continue using this PC. Also I want to know whether HP Store accepts the exchange of old laptop for a new one at a reasonable deducted price.

Thank you in advance

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Based on the part of that document MS removed, your PC should be able to run W11.

This is a peer to peer forum. 

We don't work for or represent HP, so unfortunately I cannot tell you what your trade in options would be via HP.

[anan265]

Thank you for the reply. Your answer saved me money as this PC is not even 18 months old, which makes buying another one will be bad.

I am marking this as a solution.

Thank you once again.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.