Dell Vostro 3450: CPU Upgrade

[DeathBringer]

Your laptop is based on HM67 chipset without support Ivy Bridge.
Adding microcode doesn't add support for new CPU.

[Matharu]

Your laptop is based on HM67 chipset without support Ivy Bridge.
Adding microcode doesn't add support for new CPU.

Thank you for this post DB! I was really wondering if I could use a 3rd Gen i7 on my Vostro 3450, but I thought it wouldn't fit, or it would simply not work, and I'm assuming it's the latter! Just got a i7-2760QM on my notebook, going great so far!
Thank you once again.