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Question posted by gyanamshah13 on February 9th, 2021

Laptop Processor Upgrade

Can I upgrade this laptop processor to i3?

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Answer #1: Posted by hzplj9 on February 22nd, 2021 3:23 PM
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This site has done a comparison. It may be possible if the sockets are the same. The pentium was fitted in the original PC.

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Pentium-T2390-vs-Intel-Core-i3-2328M

Any changes will be at your own risk of course.

Hope that helps.

Answer #2: Posted by waelsaidani1 on February 10th, 2021 1:19 AM
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This is a very old machine, it may not accept i3 upgrade.

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