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‎12-08-2020 12:08 PM

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Product: HP Pavilion g6-1d48dx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi everyone,

      I'm planning to upgrade the cpu of my old laptop, so I have been checking out the Maintenance and service manual and I've noticed that I can put a core i7-2640M in it. But I don't know if that processor is limited to only the intel models of this series or if that it can be replaced on any model..... the question here is:

Can I replace my AMD A6-3420M with the Intel core i7-2640M?

 

Thanks in advance 😄 ❤️

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‎12-08-2020 01:31 PM

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@Dromark wrote:

... Can I replace my AMD A6-3420M with the Intel core i7-2640M?

@Dromark 

 

No, you can't put Intel CPU on AMD motherboards and vise versa on both desktops and laptops/notebooks. Intel and AMD do not use same number of pins and other hardware parts.

 

Regards.

BH
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‎12-08-2020 01:31 PM

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@Dromark wrote:

... Can I replace my AMD A6-3420M with the Intel core i7-2640M?

@Dromark 

 

No, you can't put Intel CPU on AMD motherboards and vise versa on both desktops and laptops/notebooks. Intel and AMD do not use same number of pins and other hardware parts.

 

Regards.

BH
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