Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Can u change my cpu without changing motherboard?

I have a toshiba a205 s5000 that i got at walmart a few weeks ago and its slow. It has a Intel Celeron M 540 single core and i was hoping to get a dual core. Is this possible? and if it is how much is installation? And how much ram at max could i stuff into this it has 2 gigs (gb) of ram it still doesnt seem fast for multi tasking or viewing videos.Can u change my cpu without changing motherboard?No no noCan u change my cpu without changing motherboard?Your motherboard has a processor socket of a specific type. The socket type matches one or more processors. With the socket type and motherboard info you can determine the processors it will take.



It is extremely unlikely that you can install a dual core processor onto a socket that holds a single core. However you need to check for yourself.



I suspect increasing Random Access Memory will have little effect.



It looks like you bought an inexpensive, very low end unit and got what you paid for.