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‎01-18-2019 08:05 PM

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Product: EliteBook 8770w
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Greetings!

 

My name is Steve and I am new to these forums....

 

I want to thank each and everyone of you experts for any and all advice you can possibly provide me in advance!

 

I just received a used 8770w EliteBook

 

It has an intel i5 - 3320m cpu 

 

I was looking to see if I could upgrade to an i7.....

 

It seems there are differnet motherboards for this model....from what I was able to come up with my motherboard is the 176C board.

 

What is the fastest i7 I could upgrade this laptop too, without having to modify any heating and cooling devices.

 

Thank you all in advance!

 

Steve

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‎01-18-2019 08:30 PM

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@87astro

 

Page 1 of the following manual shows you many options

 

    http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03579708.pdf

 

You can use 45W processor but please upgrade BIOS before changing CPU. The manual also shows you step-by-step how to replace processor from page 112

 

Regards.

  

BH
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