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Hi I was wondering if is possible to replace the CPU of a E1-572 laptop. This originally came withth a i3-4010U. I have an old computer where it was possible to take out the cpu and put a new one but for the E1-572 there is no a specific section on the back of the computer to get access to the cpu; Will this mean that the CPU is welded to the motherboard?
Thanks.
Hi,
Yes, it's soldered to the MB as it has socket support only for BGA.
http://ark.intel.com/products/75107/Intel-Core-i3-4010U-Processor-3M-Cache-1_70-GHz
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Hi,
Yes, it's soldered to the MB as it has socket support only for BGA.
http://ark.intel.com/products/75107/Intel-Core-i3-4010U-Processor-3M-Cache-1_70-GHz
Hi, from the link you send the socket name is FCBGA1168; Is this always welded?
Hi,
Yes, any CPU supports BGA(Ball Grid Array) sockets is soldered to the motherboard, all the CPUs ending with the letter U are all BGA supported CPUs.