Learn to upgrade the CPU chip on your Gateway P-6831FX laptop.
Your laptop's CPU (Central Processing Unit) is an electrical device on your motherboard. It processes all information sent from any software you run. The faster your CPU chip, the faster your computer will be able to run software. The Gateway P-6831 is a discontinued laptop used by many gamers. It comes installed with an Intel Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz processor. Your P-6831 laptop's CPU socket can handle a CPU as fast as 2 GHz.
Instructions
1. Shut down your laptop through the Windows menu, close your LCD screen, disconnect the AC power adapter and then place your laptop face down with the front edge of the laptop facing forward.
2. Locate the battery along the top of the laptop's lower casing. Press on the locking tabs on the right and bottom sides of the battery, while simultaneously lifting the battery out of its compartment. Set it aside. Remove the two Phillips-head screws from inside the battery compartment.
3. Flip the laptop over, and then open the LCD panel. Remove the five Phillips-head screws from behind the top row of keys on the keyboard. Grasp the keyboard from behind the top row, and then tilt the keyboard upwards until the keyboard ribbon connector is visible on the bottom side of the keyboard. Follow the ribbon cable to where it connects to the motherboard, and then disconnect it. Then remove the keyboard from the laptop completely. This will reveal your laptop's motherboard.
4. Locate the heat sink assembly, which is a large piece of metal fastened to the motherboard by four Phillips-head screws. Remove the screws, and then lift the heat sink out of the laptop and set it aside.
5. Locate the cooling fan, remove the Phillips-head screws securing it to the motherboard, and then disconnect the fan cable from its connector on the motherboard. Grasp the fan assembly and lift it out of the laptop. This will reveal the CPU chip.
6. Turn the CPU's flat-head locking screw, or lift the locking lever securing the CPU to its socket on the motherboard. This depends largely on the type of socket used on the motherboard. Grasp each side of the CPU chip, but don't touch the surface. Carefully lift the CPU out of the laptop and store it in a static-free plastic bad, if possible.
7. Repeat this in reverse order to install the new CPU chip and reassemble the laptop.
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