Dell Inspiron/Vostro Processor and Video Card swap out! Worth it? Possible?

Hello.
I am a proud owner of Dell E1505 that I have had for quiet a while now. I love my machine, it has a Hi-Res screen, 9 cell bat, and many other perks. I just bought Vostro 1500 for a friend and considering doing a hardware swap! I have done similar things on desktop, but never on a laptop. Here are the specs:

Inspiron E1505: Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz, 667 MHz, L2 2MB Cache
Graphics: ATI Radeon x1400
Vostro 1500: Intel Core 2 Duo T5270, 1.4GHz, 800Mhz, 2M L2 Cache
Graphics: 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

Questions: Is it possible/potential compatibility issues, BIOS flash, anything else I should be aware of?
Is it worth doing it? I am running XP with 2GB on E1505 and it is fast enough for me. I do occasionally some video editing and a lot of photo editing, but no games at all! Will I benefit from NVidia 8400 GS? Will it support High-Res Screen (WXVGA+) on my E1505?
I realize the warranty consiquences. Is there a guide or some screenshots that I should take a look at? Thanks in advance for any advise from anyone!

 

1st your fsb is different and 2nd laptop bios don't have the options of the desktops. Not sure but i think your cpu is memron and costs more to upgrade if you go buy a new cpu, might as well buy a new laptop.

Good try.

 

Ok, I kind of understand. I thought that T2400 on E1505 was a yonah processor (1st gen), while Vostro 1500 was 2nd gen. And I believe I read somewhere that people with yonah's sucessfully upgraded to memrons! So what you are saying is that Vostro's BIOS wouldn't recognize T2400 processor? I didn't even think about it.

Ok, what about just doing graphic transplant? Is it worth it?! NVidia chip so much better then ATI X1400? Remember, no gaming here, just video encoding/rending! Thanks.
Anyone else?

 

You cant swap the graphics card for sure !, Not so sure about the processor, but I’m guessing you can’t swap that either since they are from two different platforms (use two different chipsets).