https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/CPU-sockets-support/m-p/240480#M2886 <P>if you use the BGA1288 CPU,you cann't to change the cpu,becasue the CPU is solding in the board. </P> Fri, 06 May 2011 06:38:41 GMT JChen204 2011-05-06T06:38:41Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/CPU-sockets-support/m-p/240479#M2885 <P>I have a laptop which runs an i5 520U CPU which supports a BGA1288 socket, and I would like to swap the CPU to a more powerfull one. most other CPUs that i have looked at support BGA1288 and a PGA988 sockets, I was therefore wondering whether I need to buy a CPU that is specifically designed for a socket, i.e. there are two versions of the same CPU one for each socket, or one CPU that is compatible with both of the sockets.</P> Fri, 06 May 2011 06:29:50 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/CPU-sockets-support/m-p/240479#M2885 idata 2011-05-06T06:29:50Z https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/CPU-sockets-support/m-p/240480#M2886 <P>if you use the BGA1288 CPU,you cann't to change the cpu,becasue the CPU is solding in the board. </P> Fri, 06 May 2011 06:38:41 GMT https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/CPU-sockets-support/m-p/240480#M2886 JChen204 2011-05-06T06:38:41Z