What CPU can I put in my Laptop?

[HighMeridian]

I have a Compaq Presario 1200 12XL2 with a Celeron 566. Just wondering what kind of socket it is and what is the best possible CPU I could put in it. Thanks!

 

[bcastner]

Upgrading laptops is a non-starter. There are too many proprietary issues involved, too many unsolvable BIOS issues, to even consider it.

 

[micker377]

I have a Gateway laptop and I've found three different CPU setups I could use. However (don't you love that word?), you notice I said "setups". That's because the CPUs come on a circuit board that plugs into the motherboard inside the computer. You have to dis-assemble the laptop just to get to it. Like bcastner says "It's not worth it". I only know about mine because my CPU died and I had to replace it (with one that matched the dead one).