Laptop question?

[colt1911]

I bought a used laptop Dell B130 for parts . It was said to have had a bad mobo and after paying $50.00 for it I discovered that the power jack on the back of the laptop was broken so I ordered a repair kit and resoldered a new one on. After reformating everything is fine . My question is can I upgrade the cpu on it for something better? Here are the specs that I got from Dell.

JD559 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY..., 15.4WXGA, VIDEO ELEC. STDS. ASSOC...., LATITUDE CPT...
1 U8902 BEZEL..., PLASTIC..., LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY..., 15.4, NOTEBOOK..., KEYWEST/KINNEY...
1 WD269 ASSEMBLY..., CABLE..., COAXIAL ..., LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY..., 15.4, KEYWEST/KINNEY...
1 TD231 ASSEMBLY..., ADAPTER..., ALTERNATING CURRENT..., 60W, LITEON..., LEAD FREE..., WORLD WIDE...
1 J2551 CORD..., POWER..., 110V, 3F, ALTERNATING CURRENT..., 3W, PROPOSITION 65..., UNITED STATES...
1 XC909 PROCESSOR..., 80536, CELERON M DOTHAN..., 370, 1.5, PLASTIC GRID ARRAY..., C0
1 TD459 KEYBOARD..., 87, UNITED STATES..., ENGLAND/ENGLISH..., SINGLE POINTING..., KEYWEST/KINNEY...
2 C6332 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE..., 256, 533, 32X64, 8K, 200, 512
1 WD416 BATTERY..., PRIMARY..., 29WH, 4C, LITHIUM..., SIMPLO
1 G9051 ASSEMBLY..., COMPACT DISK READ WRITE/DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE COMBO..., 24X, TOSHIBA SAMSUNG STORAGE TECHNOLOGY..., SULLIVAN/TOBAGO...
1 GD366 ASSEMBLY..., BASE (ASSEMBLY OR GROUP)..., NOTEBOOK..., BOTTOM..., INTEGRATED..., KEYWEST...
1 Y6615 HARD DRIVE..., 60G, 9.5MM, 5.4K, HITACHI..., MORAGA PLUS..., LEAD FREE...
1 CD940 KIT..., SOFTWARE..., WORDPERFECT..., 12, PLUS-TRIAL
1 Y8029 CARD (CIRCUIT)..., WIRELESS..., MINI PCI CARD..., 1370, BROADCOM CORPORATION...

 

[The_Other_One]

That's quite a nice deal!

The questions would be is if that CPU is removable (many today are), what else the hardware/bios would support, and how the laptop can manage heat (smaller heatsink for the Celeron?)

Chances are you could upgrade it... Look around and see what other models like that laptop have. But just realize not everything will work. I recall people discussing upgrading my Averatec to a Turion. Hardware wise (socket and chipset) it could handle it. There was even another brand of the laptop (same guts, different name) that was offered with the Turion. However, they were never able to make the Averatec fully POST with the Turion.