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Why are laptops coming with soldered RAM?
The room gained by using soldered memory helps keep the laptop slim and can be put toward other purposes, like cooling or a bigger battery. These benefits likely take precedence for manufacturers compared to enabling user-serviceable RAM. Thus, you’re more likely to find user-replaceable memory in these machines.
Can you upgrade a soldered laptop CPU?
No. The motherboard and chipset does not know how to handle a different CPU. Replacing a soldered on CPU cannot be done by hand.
Is HP RAM soldered?
The memory is soldered to the motherboard and cannot be upgraded. Models come configured with either 8 or 16 GB of onboard memory.
What does 8GB soldered mean?
On-board means that the 8 GB RAM are soldered on the mainboard of the laptop and in general cannot be upgraded. It was correctly pointed out that you could do this with soldering, replacing the chips but it’s in general not practical. The 8GB DIMM RAM means it has a slot (or more) where you can plug a RAM module in.
Can I remove soldered processor?
Soldered processors are soldered to the motherboard. They require special tools to remove and are usually found in thing like tablets, phones, and really old PCs. Socketed processors are attached to the motherboard via a socket. This allow the CPU to be removed by just lifting a lever.
How do I know if my laptop processor is soldered?
Find out the socket type. This is sometimes stamped on the CPU Socket. You can also get your motherboard model number and research its stats. The documentation you find for it will tell you exactly what socket it takes.
What is the difference between a soldered and a socketed processor?
Soldered processors are soldered to the motherboard. They require special tools to remove and are usually found in thing like tablets, phones, and really old PCs. Socketed processors are attached to the motherboard via a socket. This allow the CPU to be removed by just lifting a lever. Most modern desktops and laptops have a socketed processor.
Why is the processor soldered to the motherboard?
To prevent this the processor can be soldered to the motherboard. This means that the processor is permanently attached to the motherboard. This requires no mounting hardware and no socket, thereby saving space and weight. But this means that even most “techy” people are unable to replace or upgrade the processor.
What is the difference between a laptop and a desktop processor?
Laptop processors are usually soldered to reduce weight and size, where as desktop processors are usually mounted as weight and size doesn’t matter, but the ability to upgrade does.
What are the advantages of soldered RAM?
More pertinent, though, is the fact soldered RAM can be placed just about wherever engineers decide. With proper research and development, this can lead to streamlined mainboard design as well as increased thermal efficiency.
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