can i change the cpu pavilion g6 -2240sa?

[Ramoth]

Hi,

I believe I need to replace the CPU on my laptop but not sure it that is possible with this model, can anyone help please?

The issue began when my the keyboard and mousepad stoped responding last week.(The mousepad would wake it from sleep but nothing else). I was able to use a USB keyboard so I uninstalled an update for the graphics card - as that was the last thing done - hoping that would fix the issue. It didn't.

I then went away for a week and on my return booted up the laptop but this time no response on the USB keyboard either and then a BSOD which began rebooting the laptop before I could note the issue. Now the fan spins to life and the wireless glows orange and the caps lock light flashes but there is no display - on the lap top or an external monitor - I think it is just the single repeating flash rather than a sequence which leads me to the CPU issue. (following a night of internet searching).

Alternatively I am thinking of removing the harddriving and seeing if I can hook it upto my desk top to save the data, does anyone know if this would be an option?

many thanks.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

You can certainly pull out the hard drive and save the data with a usb to SATA adapter. The problem you are having seems more like the motherboard than the processor. Processor failures are relatively rare but motherboard failures are very common, unfortunately. 

And you have the AMD E2 processor which is soldered to the motherboard, anyway so replacing the processor will necessarily involve replacement of the motherboard. 

[Ramoth]

Hi Huffer,

Many thanks for the fast reply 🙂

Looks like I'm ordering a cable!

Kind regards.