nich666

Hi, I've just joined after getting into what seems like a vat of molasses. Looking for a travelling laptop, small size and cheap in case it is stolen, I settled on a battered (Big dent in lid but working fine), HP 2540p for£65 off eBay. All went well until I found this forum telling me I had bought the wrong one for fiddling, [upgrades]. I love fiddling so looking again I came up trumps [no USA puns here], there is a German firm selling brand new still in HP boxes 2570p's for just €270 (£217) but with a German keyboard. A new UK keyboard from China (I suspect), was an extra £24 although fitting it was a trial of patience involving a very stiff upper lip. I found prising off the frame between the keys without bending it extremely taxing. My best solution was to use a lolly stick twisting it gently did the trick. Next time I pay more complete with a frame and keep my hair. I followed the recommendations on here gluing copper to the heat sink, whacking in giant Ripsaw (idiot name) RAM and an Intel WiFi card so I now connect to 5G even in deepest France. I have a 1Tb Hybrid SSD drive cloned with WIN7 32bit OS as supplied on the original HP drive. Upgraded to WIN10. Incidentally, if you download WIN10, burn a DVD it will still activate using the WIN7 CoA! This is when I seemed to be wading into the molasses. This is where it got me really bogged down. I bought a CPU Prozessor QuadCore Intel Core i7-3740QM 8x 2,7 GHz Socket FCPGA988 also from Germany. It won't fire up past an initial HDD lights on and a blinking cursor. Shikyo (must be careful with the name), is asking if this processor is compatible. So am I. I am very careful with handling processors so all the pins are erect and in line, due no doubt, to all the oysters I eat. I now wonder if the processor needs the OS to be 64bit to recognise the BIOS; I have updated the BIOS but to no avail. My problem was the computer refusing to allow WIN10 64bit and using the advice on line doesn't work for me. Either the Upgrade or OS says the computer isn't compatible although CPU-Z shows all the boxes are ticked and it is good to go. This machine is dancing along quite nicely on the i5 but now an expensive i7 chip seems to have activated article 50 prematurely. Computer says no. ANY advice out there to help would be appreciated. Regards, Brian.