Update help

[COMEON000]

It wouldn't let me ask this to Tech Support so thought someone here may know the answer.

I bought the Max Memory for this laptop CA0xxx.

I was thinking of maybe while it's open to upgrade the CPU while i'm at it. 

right now I have a Ryzen 3 2200u, could the motherboard handle a Ryzen 5 lets say? What am i limited to by

having this mainboard? 

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Your notebook's processor is an integral part of the motherboard and cannot be upgraded unless you replace the motherboard with one listed in chapter 3 of your notebook's service manual that may come with a better processor.

Maintenance and Service Guide HP 17 Laptop PC

The associated costs for doing such an upgrade would far outweigh the benefits.

[NonSequitur777]

@COMEON000,

[EDIT:] @Paul_Tikkanen, at least some HP Laptop 17-Ca0xxx's have AMD Ryzen 5 2500U (2.00 GHz up to 3.60 GHz max boost, 4 cores and 8 threads) installed on an HP 84D2 motherboard.

For an actual real-life User example, see: HP Laptop 17-ca0xxx Performance Results - UserBenchmark.

Hope this helps!

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You would have to show me where the processor removal and replacement procedure is in the service manual I posted, because I don't know of any AMD or Intel notebook made in the last 6 -7 years that comes with a removable processor. 

[NonSequitur777]

@Paul_Tikkanen,

If the AMD processor is actually soldered onto the motherboard, removal & replacement would be very challenging indeed.

However, I doubt that HP Laptop 17-ca0xxx Users would have swapped non-removable processors.  Out of 932 HP Laptop 17-ca0xxx UserBenchMark [dot] com User entries, a sizeable portion of them -16.3% (152 total, roughly one out of six) sport AMD Ryzen 5 2500U processors.

Therefore, either you can swap processors, or there are HP 84D2 motherboards versions out there equipped with different CPUs.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[NonSequitur777]

@Paul_Tikkanen,

Research information that preferably should be easily (kept) accessible through HP is often not available.

Time and time again, as here trying to find info on HP 84D2, I run into this unhelpful message:

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, @NonSequitur777 

All they are listing in the site you posted is the compatible processors that were offered in the model series.

You can see those all listed in chapter 3 of the service manual, where they are included with each motherboard.

When you look at the parts list, only motherboards with processors are listed, not individual processors.

Take a look at a chapter 3 of a service manual for a notebook that has removable AMD processors...

You will find a separate parts list for processors, and a separate list of motherboard parts the processors install on.

c03315557.pdf (hp.com)

[NonSequitur777]

@Paul_Tikkanen,

My friend, the link you provided in your previous message is for the HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC, not the HP Laptop 17-Ca0xxx.

The service link I assume you had in mind is this: Maintenance and Service Guide HP 17 Laptop PC.

The HP Laptop 17-Ca0xxx motherboard p/n fitted with an AMD Ryzen 5-2500U processor is: L22717-601.

Apparently, there's an even faster motherboard option: AMD Ryzen 5-3500U processor (p/n: L46461-601).

All these parts are available via Ebay, for example, though they are fairly pricey.  However, to answer the original question "can I upgrade my HP Laptop 17-Ca0xxx with a faster processor", the answer is unequivocally: YES you can.  -But I grant you this: it would take changing out the motherboard to do that, which causes other issues such as you may (?) have to buy a new Windows license, etc.

Anyway, that's all I have to say about this query.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Paul_Tikkanen]

...which is what I wrote in my original post.  You have to change the motherboard in order to upgrade the processor.

No ifs, ands or buts.

You missed the purpose of my last post.  I deliberately posted an old manual for a g7 notebook to point out that when a notebook came with removable processors, the processors and motherboards are listed as separate parts.

Also, you don't need to buy a new Windows license if you buy a motherboard that comes with Windows product key in the BIOS.

The motherboard part numbers are different for the motherboards that come with Windows and those that don't.

Case closed and I have unsubscribed from this discussion.