Does anyone know the progression of HP 15/15g/15q/15t notebooks?

xWiNiMx

My friend has this notebook. It’s a HP 15-bs234wm. I’ve been able to help him out with upgrading the ram and ssd for hdd, but it’s running the Pentium Silver N5000. Because of the onboard gpu, it lacks the m.2 pcie slot that the intel core boards have. The chassis is identical, and the only differences for the board that I know of are: processor, onboard graphics, and the m.2 slot. Assuming that voltage/current measure correctly, would a swap to a different model (same year), or even same model (different year) be feasible? If so, anyone know how these models progressed? According to the manual, the production date is 2017-2018.

The board in it:
EPG52 LA-G121P

Possible upgrades:

CKL50 LA-E801P

DKL50 LA-E802P

Of course there are others, but I imagine i5/i7 7th or 8th gen will carry it until it’s replaced with full new system.

GoatForHire

Replacing, or upgrading a laptop motherboard isn't going to be an easy process if you can even source the parts third-party. If you want a laptop with better specs, you should probably consider just buying a new laptop and save yourself the headache.

xWiNiMx

That is 100% not what I asked. All because there are typical “I want to upgrade my processor” people, doesn’t mean everyone who asks a question that is similar, is one of those people.

itsBrian

The maintenance manual seems to suggest that any of the compatible motherboards would be interchangeable within the model family, but I haven't been able to find a definitive comparison. I think you would have to map the board ID to the model for the assembly.

For context check out page 20 -- http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05493257.pdf