Also looking into this. Mine is LGA775 and have a few CPUs including the mentioned quad core.
Going from a C2D to a C2Q is a fair upgrade even if it thermal limits slightly.
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I've done this to a laptop before and amazingly despite it not being on the official list it ran perfectly well.
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I've done this to a Toshita C650D laptop with a £27 chip and a more recent HP before, amazingly despite the not being on the official list both ran, not as fast as the spec but still better than the ''Athlon II P320'' chip(s) they replaced.
Best guess, AMD were a bit more lenient back then and it got added quietly to an update despite not being
Also looking into this. Mine is LGA775 and have a few CPUs including the mentioned quad core.
Going from a C2D to a C2Q is a fair upgrade even if it thermal limits slightly.
I've done this to a laptop before and amazingly despite it not being on the official list it ran perfectly well.
Best guess, AMD were a bit more lenient back then and it got added quietly to an update despite not being
present from stock along with >4GB DDR3.