HP 4520s CPU

On the HP 4520s, the laptop fan sounds like a tornado and blows hot air constantly. The CPU is idle at a toasty 60C. It's had its fair share of 'business' tasks. Huge file conversions for example. Another killer was it was almost like a desktop, always on in the day, and 'idle' at night, but only turned off once a month for updates. Always plugged in, always doing something. My first guess is the thermal compound which I added a month ago took it from 65C down to 50C helped. Both laptops CPU are not soldered to the board.

So next up is a far replacement. I don't see any support for CPU changes. But your gear to tinker with.
Bob

finished contacting Acer tech support, probably in India. They pushed me through three levels of tech support and the guy finally said that the Intel i7 3610QM actually fits the motherboard and a upgrade from the i5 4200U is possible. The only thing that is keeping me from doing this is the TDP. The i5 uses only 15W where as the i7 goes up significantly to 45W. Already have Antec 7 thermal compound, think this will be enough?

Graphics; the i7 runs the intel hd 4000, and the i5 runs 4400. It should still run Win7 with all its aesthetics right?

They mislead you. The power supply on the laptop motherboard rarely is set for that big a leap. But I've said no, they said yes so go right ahead. You won't be mad at me either way.
Bob

wow thank you so much for bring that to my attention. completely forgot about throwing that into the equation. this is why cnet forums are the best place for advice.
I never get mad at anyone, things happen, and a great way to learn is through trial and error.

To save posts, on an old HP Mini 110, the fan is dying... First, I unplug the fan wires, then stick two bent needles into the white square thing. Then I touch the two needles to a 9V battery until I see tiny sparks. After a few times the fan has been 'jump started' back to life. It's died five times. How much more abuse can this fan take or should I just look into replacing the fan. This laptop isn't too important anyways.
Found one here:
http://www.cpucooling-fan.com/for-hp-mini-1101000-series-laptop-cpu-cooling-fan-p-8285.html

Only thing is not really keen in a $15 fan when the computer's value is only about 80 bucks.

The absolute cheapest full laptop the office has is the 140 buck ChromeBook which you can also run Linux. Next up was a deal for Asus x200ca with 500GB HDD, 4GB RAM, W8, touchscreen, wifi, bluetooth, USB 3.0 and that was 240 bucks.

Save your 15$ a few times?
Bob