Hp Pavilion DV7 AMD to Intel Motherboard swap

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Laptopman1

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Hello,
I've got a HP Pavilion DV7 laptop with an AMD processor, and like most people with the AMD version of this laptop, the GPU soder is bad and I'll have to reball it becaue the computer won't last on for more than a minute. HP also made this same laptop with an Intel board/ processor. Does anyone know if an Intel motherboard will fit within the DV7 designed for the AMD board?
Thanks for your help,
 
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I am a proud owner of an Intel based HP dv7 LM414AV. The problem with these motherboards is that the power key is on the mother board and goes bad, resulting in the simple problem that your laptop will not start. And if you want it fixed you will need to replace the entire motherboard which will go bad again in a matter of months. I have been sending my laptop back to HP for repairs at leat 6 times and they have not been able to fix it. Save yourself some time and $$$ and forget about it. Use your laptop for parts.
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Overall, cheaper and easier to get a new laptop considered the age of the laptop (5+ years per most websites including HP). Also, even if you could find a working motherboard, the cost alone generally runs into the range of a new system.
 
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Laptopman1

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Thanks for your comment,
But considering I bought the laptop for 40$ from a friend who found it useless and I have swapped laptop motherboards and rebuilt laptops many times before...I'm hoping that I can find a Intel Dv7 board to swap out since the AMD boards have bad GPU soder. The AMD processer is fine and I could sell that to help pay for the new intel board/ processor.
My question remains,....does anyone know if a Intel DV7 motherboard will physically fit into the shell for a AMD DV7 (specifically dc7 - 1245dx) motherboard.
Thanks for all and any help.
 
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I am a proud owner of an Intel based HP dv7 LM414AV. The problem with these motherboards is that the power key is on the mother board and goes bad, resulting in the simple problem that your laptop will not start. And if you want it fixed you will need to replace the entire motherboard which will go bad again in a matter of months. I have been sending my laptop back to HP for repairs at leat 6 times and they have not been able to fix it. Save yourself some time and $$$ and forget about it. Use your laptop for parts.
 
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Old thread I know but, did you have any luck with a swap?

I have the DV7-1245CA with an AMD Turion X2 RM-72 Dual-Core processor, and well, barely anything else will fit that socket. Not really worth while upgrading the CPU from 2.1Ghz to 2.8Ghz.

I know some versions of this laptop are Intel based and go up to a Quad-Core, which I'm hoping to do but... hard to know which (if any) board will be a direct swap and match up to all the cables/plugs.

Like you, I've done it before... $35CAD for my niece's laptop when the GPU died on it, got a newer version with 2x the video memory and worked great. I got my laptop free so, if I can upgrade it to a Quad for under $80, I will.
 
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