Upgrading from a4 to a8 on a pavilion g7

[Evilempire93]

Ok well as I am fairly efficient in tearing down. And rebuilding PC's and other electronics I may need help with this used laptop I just bought I purchased a brand new and a8-5230 I believe it was and installed it and went to boot the laptop and no boot o my thing happened was the wifi orange light blinked once and it blinks one time per press of the power button
I believe I need an updated bios but have been thru the house site many times to no avail I will gladly give my info as in bios version chipset and whatever else. Needed to help

[banhien]

@Evilempire93

I can't find the AMD a8-5230  specs. All I can find is this series supports the following list of processors, they are all 35W processors:

• AMD A10-4600M processor (3.2 GHz/2.3 GHz, 1600 MHz/4.0 MB L2 cache, DDR3, quad core, 35W) part # 683046-001
• AMD A8-4500M processor (2.8 GHz/1.9 GHz, 1600 MHz/4.0 MB L2 cache, DDR3, quad core,35W) part #  683048-001
• AMD A6-4400M processor (3.2 GHz/2.7 GHz, 1600 MHz/1.0 MB L2 cache, DDR3, dual core, 35W) part #  683047-001
• AMD A4-4300M processor (3.0 GHz/2.5 GHz, 1600 MHz/1.0 MB L2 cache, DDR3, dual core, 35W) part #  685990-001

Regards.

[Evilempire93]

Sorry about the mix up it's the 3520m I purchased and installed it is also a 35w tdp processor 4 core 4 thread 64 bit 32nm processor
Problem is when I installed it I didn't get the laptop to boot up at all and I'm almost positive it's compatible with my Mobo just I think I need a newer bios version
The 3520m is the highest grade a series Apu I can go with

[banhien]

@Evilempire93

Please ONLY use part # on the above list.

Regards.

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Here is the Manual:

Manual

See page 1. You can only install the 4th series AMD APUs not the third or fifth series. 

Your best processor is the AMD A10-4600M and you can also install an A8-4500M

Post back with any more questions but please accept as solution if this is the answer you needed. 

[Evilempire93]

Huh well that was easy.
Thanks k you very much looks like I made a small error maybe I'll be going with the a10 4600m