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Can i change my cpu from 'Intel Atom-N550 Dual Core' To a 'Intel i5-430M Dual Core' My socket is '437 FCBGA8' And i have a 'Asus Eee PC 1015PEM' PLS help me.No.
The only thing those 2 cpu's have in common is that they are both manufactured by Intel.That is equivalent to attempting to put an F1 engine into a mini cooper/ice cream truck.
The pins of the i5 need to fit into a socket PGA-988.
http://www.compusavedirect.com/ssproduct.asp?pf_id=1015675340

If you want to know what happens if you try and it really fits, well, I attempted to take a mobile core 2 duo processor and stick it into a sony VAIO W notebook atom 1.66 GHz dual core-all the pins fit, but there was an empty pin slot in the cpu socket. powered it on-constant black screen. no it didn't harm my CPU or the socket. Well thanks anyway... Quote

If you want to know what happens if you try and it really fits, well, I attempted to take a mobile core 2 duo processor and stick it into a sony vaio W notebook atom 1.66 GHz dual core-all the pins fit, but there was an empty pin slot in the cpu socket. powered it on-constant black screen. no it didn't harm my CPU or the socket.

It's silly to recommend swapping ANU CPU into a slot not designed for it...
The fact that nothing was damaged in your experiment means you got lucky...
Quote from: patio on July 07, 2011, 01:55:07 PM
It's silly to recommend swapping anu CPU into a slot not designed for it...

.........and silly to try it in the first place.Well lately we have quite a few people saying "try this...nothing went wrong when i did it"...
Clearly not a good choice at all...
The difference between 'opinion' and 'fact' is a big one, my friend.Quote from: patio on July 07, 2011, 02:07:48 PM
"try this...nothing went wrong when i did it"...

I really feel kinda stupid in retrospect-but in the name of experiments...

Don't motherboards have some sort of fail-safe voltage protection??? Like for EXAMPLE, if you set a CPU multiplier too HIGH in the BIOS and reboot and doesn't POST, the motherboard will automatically reset the CMOS.


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