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‎07-11-2019 12:47 AM

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I would like to replace my processor on my HP g6-1d73us  which is sandy bridge (2gen) (i5 2540M) with an ivy bridge (3gen) i5 3380M. I read in wikipedia that ivy bridge is backwards compatible with sandy bridge. Can I do this? Thanks.

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‎07-11-2019 02:54 AM

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@hifive11 wrote:

... which is sandy bridge (2gen) (i5 2540M) with an ivy bridge (3gen) i5 3380M. I read in wikipedia that ivy bridge is backwards compatible with sandy bridge.

@hifive11 

 

That's true but does BIOS support this. Please check page #1 of a document called  Maintenance and Service Guide of the following link

 

     http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03094202.pdf

 

Regards.

BH
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‎07-11-2019 02:47 AM

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Hi,

The CPU has to be supported by the notebook firmware. These are the supported CPUs for your model

cpu g6 1d.PNG

You can see on page 77 of service manual

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03094202

 

Hope it helps,

David

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‎07-11-2019 02:54 AM

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@hifive11 wrote:

... which is sandy bridge (2gen) (i5 2540M) with an ivy bridge (3gen) i5 3380M. I read in wikipedia that ivy bridge is backwards compatible with sandy bridge.

@hifive11 

 

That's true but does BIOS support this. Please check page #1 of a document called  Maintenance and Service Guide of the following link

 

     http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03094202.pdf

 

Regards.

BH
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‎07-11-2019 09:46 AM

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Thanks very much!

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‎07-11-2019 09:47 AM

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Thanks for the help!

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