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Hello

A while back I posted about upgrading my notebook processor as was recommended to purchase the AMD A10 5750m APU however it is unfortunately not compatible with my motherboard!!

I have an HP Pavillion DV6 6c40us. The recommended APU does indeed fit the microprocessor socket on my motherboard but upon complete installation and reassembly I receive a processor error (single blinking CAPS light) and no bootup. I've done my homework and found a manual that indeed confirms that my motherboard only supports AMD APUs and the list did not include any of the A10 series.

Please help! I now have a decent mid-high range processor that I cannot use and I would like to put it to use but I will need a new Motherboard for my dv6 and I am unsure which one will be compatible with the processor mentioned above.

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Jeremy M
 
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Can you answer me why you have chosen to try and swap out a mainboard and CPU on your laptop? For starters generally laptops don't have interchangeable parts, save the really high-end ones that you can switch GPUs, and sometimes CPUs on. I'm going to tell you right now that it's virtually impossible to find a new mainboard for a laptops unless you are replacing it with the OEM part that you already have. Those mainboards are configured precisely and proprietorially to fit a specific shell and monitor.

If you can I would suggest returning the CPU you have bought and looking up the OEM sheet for your laptop so that you can get the exact same model that was in your laptop to begin with, otherwise you are going to run into BIOS issues...
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Can you answer me why you have chosen to try and swap out a mainboard and CPU on your laptop? For starters generally laptops don't have interchangeable parts, save the really high-end ones that you can switch GPUs, and sometimes CPUs on. I'm going to tell you right now that it's virtually impossible to find a new mainboard for a laptops unless you are replacing it with the OEM part that you already have. Those mainboards are configured precisely and proprietorially to fit a specific shell and monitor.

If you can I would suggest returning the CPU you have bought and looking up the OEM sheet for your laptop so that you can get the exact same model that was in your laptop to begin with, otherwise you are going to run into BIOS issues, which is probably the reason why your computer is failing to boot right now.
 
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wait... what? someone around here suggested you upgrade the cpu on your laptop?! good god... I'm so sorry i didn't see your original post to talk you out of this one.

damnit.

motherboard replacements usually don't work, mostly because those parts are designed for specific hardware, and if you didn't get a mb, i know a richland apu won't work in a llano board.
 
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Well gents and or ladies, I have indeed consulted the manual for oem replacements for my laptop and it does indeed appear to be upgradeable. I wanted to inquire about the possibility of upgrading this model, not the fact that many either cannot or are difficult to upgrade. The DV6 model for hp has various releases including different motherboard from what I can see between the years of 2011-2013. If the structure of the case can indeed fit a new Mobo and is also compatible with a next gen amd apu as well as the memory sticks I currently have then I don't see an issue other than finding the right combination of compatibility. I am not a hardware expert which is the reason I am using a consultant, all of you. This is my first go around messing around with a notebook, I've build PCs before and would just like to increase my knowledge base in the area so I could do without any needless sarcasm. If you have a real solution then help, if you don't then I will mess around on my own.

My reasoning is oriented towards better performance and to become more knowledgeable about notebook products and their associated hardware

Thank you again
 
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