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The last Intel CPU micro-architecture to be offered with sockets for laptops was Haswell, where CPUs were offered in the Socket G3[1] package. I had one of thes
by delta_p_delta_x 2y ago
The last Intel CPU micro-architecture to be offered with sockets for laptops was Haswell, where CPUs were offered in the Socket G3[1] package. I had one of these, Intel i7-4710MQ.
Since then, every laptop Intel (and AMD, for that matter) CPU package has been BGA, and therefore soldered to motherboards.
If you want to upgrade your CPU on a notebook, you must change your motherboard; no choice in the matter.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Socket_G3?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Socket_G3?wprov=sfla1
- xxs 2y agoPretty much yeah -- all laptop CPUs since Haswell have been non-socketable/BGA. I still have a rather decent laptop with such a CPU - acer aspire v3-771g. It's still in daily use, after 8y back I had to replace a faulty mlcc (short to ground) that took a mosfet along with it.