Processor Upgrade for 6720s Laptop

[MarkAbz]

I Have a HP 6720s Laptop. It has an Intel Celeron Processor. How can I find what chipset is on the board? I upgraded to a Core 2 Duo T7500 processor. The laptop does not always boot properly. The screen is completely garbled and sometimes black after booting. I have put the original processor back in and everything is ok. I'm assuming I have the wrong chipset on board? Is there a flash Bios upgrade so that I can upgrade the processor?

Regards

Mark

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Mark:

Below is the link to the quickspecs for your notebook.

Page 3 indicates your PC has the Mobile Intel GLE960 Express Chipset since it came with a Celeron processor.

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12759_na/12759_na.PDF

Below is the link to the Intel chipset specs which show the compatible processors.

The FSB only supports 533 MHz processors, so if you want to experiment with a Pentium C2D processor, you will need to select one that has a 533 MHz FSB.

http://ark.intel.com/products/32287/Intel-82GLE960-Graphics-and-Memory-Controller

No BIOS flash will fix the issue you have.

No guarantees whatsoever that it will work because I never tried it, but maybe the T5300 will work.

That would be the fastest 533 MHz Pentium C2D processor I know of.

I see them going on eBay in used but tested and working condition for as low as $10.00 delivered.

Maybe you want to take a gamble on one of those.

Regards,

Paul