HP Pavilion DV9000 CPU Upgrade

[Seynal]

Hello everyone, i have hp pavilion dv9000 notebook,

my question,is can i upgrade my cpu from "Intel Centrino Duo" to an "i7" series of cpu?

i know it will have an motherboard compatibility isue but is there a motherboard for hp pavilion dv9000 motherboard
that will compatiblle for"i7" cpu? also i want to upgrade my ram into a DDR3 slot, i want to make it compatible with my notebook case, anyone can answer my question?

thanks!

[Mista B]

Not a viable option & would be cheaper buying complete notebook with those specs to begin with.

What you could do is upgrade to best spec Duo CPU your machine will handle along with a dual SSD & HDD conversion & maxing out the ram limit if aiming on using a 64bit windows OS.

That would create quite a fast/reliable machine for small outlay ...

[Seynal]

Thanks for reply,

ok, i know it can cost of more than buying a new laptop...

this notebook is important to me, because this is gift by my uncle, but in some reason,

my gpu is getting overheat,i already remove the dust covering the fan,and also change the thermal grease between the heatsink, but it is not fix by just cleaning,my screen is getting wierd on starting, but it comes to ok in a while, i can totally use it, but not like in more than 2 to 4 hours, so i decide to change my board and upgrade my cpu,but my problem is i dont know if there is a motherboard that compatiblle with i7 cpu  and compatible with my notebook case..

thanks.

[Mista B]

No board from new machine with i7 will fit you DV9000

Your fault sounds like Nvidea graphics BGA failure, common issue as hp cooling design is cheap simple production concern first & design function further down priority list.

I repair/uograde loads of DV series notebooks from this era, you need the graphics chip removed & reballed with leaded solder by experienced person with a reflow bench. Once that done when refitting the heatsink ou need measure & add copper shims between the top of CPU & GPU chips so when heatsink finally screwed into position it sits level to the board & the GPU & cpu have some load placed on them by springs on the heatsink screw legs.

Good quility ceramique thermal paste should be used, a new fan should be fitted as only around 8USD & will do better job & save revisiting for fan replacent a few months later.

Further improvements can be made by adding extra cooling holes in the casing & making the fan intake holes bigger so full size of fan as much as practically possible.

Combine this with a CPU upgrade (T7700 being a very cost effective option) & an SSD upgade (Kingston v300 128gb being cost effective/practical option)  as main drive & using current HDD in a optical bay adaptor caddy creates a superb machine for little outlay

Set it up on Windows 7 using genuine windows setup discs & they fly  along very well in general usage and as said before can make a factory bloated i5 machine look slow .

[Huffer]

Mista is 100% correct about that machine. There is no motherboard other than a dv9000 motherboard. That is how laptops are designed and built. It can only take Core 2 Duo CPUs. With a BIOS update it can actually accept a T9900 I believe. Those are hard to find and expensive but will run rings around a lot of lower speed i7s. 

[Mista B]

T9500 is best it will do, T7700 is good & used ones can be had for $20USD, T7800 is second choice & T9500 for those with big budget.

Done right the final result is quite impressive.

secondary 5v (usb board powered)  30mm cooling fan can be built into ram cover & switch controlled-(off>low>high speed) as case circulation extraction fan for further cooling enhancement (reduce GPU - CPU temps around 10-15% with baffled casing & saves heatsoak into likes of HDD, audio plug board & left palm rest area)

Done loads & loads of these, sell really well as d@mn fast, look good even today, cheap-great spec, express bay aids easy expansion to more usb ports or esata port & so forth & even wireless pcie mini/half-mini card can be changed to any user preference

[Seynal · Accepted solution]

All of you, Thanks for reply.

ok, so i decide now to take my laptop in someone is professional who can reflow my gpu chip,

and just use it in a little hour for good life of my notebook, and then i decide to buy a new notebook which have the aspecs that i want.

thanks!!! God Bless!

[Mista B]

Do not do reflow as it useless on the issue with these, gpu has to be removed & reballed with leaded solder.