pavilion g6-1242sa upgrade from i5-2430m to i7-2620m

[g6-1242sa]

i tried to upgrade my g6 -1242sa processor by replacing  i5 -2430m  to i7-2620m

the laptop starts up and reports the i7 processor corectly but after approx 10 minutes i get blue screen of death .

it restarts and works ok for a few minutes then blue screen of death again the more i use it the faster it happens .

if i put back my original i5 processor  it works correctly again with no crash .

the bios is f.66 .

is there another bios specifically for the i7 processor or is it just not compatable with my laptop ?

thank you in advance 

ian

[TheOldMan]

That model is no longer supported by HP as it is too old.  I did find drivers, manuals,  and BIOS from another site.  The BIOS posted is the last one from the other site and the manual indicates the  Intel Core i7-2620M processor as a listed CPU.

When the Intel Core i7-2620M processor is installed, did you make sure the cooling thermal paste is adequate to make good contact with the cooler?

[g6-1242sa]

Theoldman 

Thank you for your reply 

Yes i checked and reseated the processor approx 4 times and the thermal paste coverage was ok when i checked the footprint left on the heat sink 

[TheOldMan]

Finding the reason for the shutdowns might prove to be difficult if not heat related.  Investigating the reason should start in the "Event Viewer".

Here is a guide to help.  It most likely will be time consuming.

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/event-viewer-how-to-access-the-windows-10-activity-log/