Options to upgrade motherboard and/or processer for Win 11 and DDR4/5 for HP Notebook - 15-ay081nr

[KylePCStuff]

I'd like to upgrade my motherboard and processor to be win 11 compatible as well as DDR4/5 capable rather than buy a whole new laptop.  According to Microsoft, my processer is not TPM compliant and hp says the processor is not upgradable to TPM 2.  I also discovered that my laptop is using DDR3 motherboard and RAM. I have already invested in new SSD, possible new DVD drive, and additional RAM and would like to make this laptop useful as a backup for a few more years (past win 10 sunset) even if I buy another up to date system.  (Gives me a chance to tinker too! :)) Is there a single motherboard/processor upgrade that will do all of this?   If I can't get the Win 11 done, I'd still like to turn the laptop into a linux machine and hence still upgrade performance and specs.   Thank you for your time.  

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Unfortunately, what you want to do with your notebook would be impossible.

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook's model series.

The supported motherboards can be found in chapter 3.

HP Notebook PC (Intel) * Models: 15-ay000 – 15-ay099 * Models: 15-ay100 – 15-ay199HP 250 G5 Notebook...

No motherboards are available that support Windows 11- capable processors.

If you are interested in installing W11 on your PC as is, you can read this discussion for how I upgraded several HP and Dell notebook and desktop PC's that did not meet the W11 hardware requirements to W11 22H2.

Re: Issues upgrading to windows 11 - HP Support Community - 8517912

[KylePCStuff]

Paul_Tikkanaen- thank you for the response.  The manual link does not work but I believe you.  Without the motherboards list to reference, do you know if there is at least a way to upgrade to a DDR4 or DDR5 capable memory and motherboard/chipset? 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

That's interesting the manual link won't work for you.

No worries.  I have zipped it up and attached it below.

The best you can do is to see if you can find one of the motherboards listed in chapter 3 of the service manual that comes with the Intel Core i7-7500U processor.  That will run DDR4 memory at 2133 MHz.

You have the option to also buy a motherboard with the discrete graphics adapters but if you want to try and upgrade to W11, I recommend you stick with the onboard Intel graphics only.