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Jack James65 said:No, that’s not what I meant. Have you actually opened the laptop yet to see if the processor can be popped out? If you haven't, just run CPU-Z to check the motherboard socket type and let me know what it says.
I haven't cracked the case open yet, but according to CPU-Z, this is what the socket info shows:
Package (platform ID) Socket 1168 BGA (0x6)
Does that mean it's sitting in a socket rather than being soldered on?
I was looking into whether I could swap out the Intel Core i3 4010U currently sitting in my laptop for something a bit more powerful. Based on the dimensions, I found an Intel Core i5 4200U and an Intel Core i7 4600U that seem to fit. Aside from the obvious clock speed differences, I noticed that for the i3, it says "N/A," while for those other two, it says no. I tried doing a little digging online, but honestly, I didn't make sense of any of it—except for some mention that there's a version of the Intel Core i3 4010U used in mobile phones.
Does "N/A" imply whether the processor can actually be replaced? Like, is it soldered directly onto the motherboard or not?