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HP Elitebook 8740W
Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

Hello,

 

I’m searching for some time now but can’t find any answers to my question.

 

Can I upgrade the CPU of my Elitebook? If yes.. What is the maximum upgrade I can do? I’m kinda new to this things so Please help me out!

 

Current System information:

 

HP Elitebook 8740W Inter Core i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz 

8 GB RAM (I will upgrade this to 2x8GB=16GB)

 

Any question please ask!

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Here's the Service Manual:

 

Manual

 

Yes your motherboard would support up to an i7-940XM.

 

Post back if you need any more help but please accept as solution if its the info you needed. 

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Here's the Service Manual:

 

Manual

 

Yes your motherboard would support up to an i7-940XM.

 

Post back if you need any more help but please accept as solution if its the info you needed. 

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Amazing! Thank you so much!

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