Is it possible to replace a motherboard in a laptop?

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Ferrariassassin

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I am just curious and have never seen or heard of it being done other than the actual manufacturer of the company. Lets say you have a laptop and the motherboard is dead and you buy the same exact 100% motherboard it had and it is installed correctly and right. Would it work? Or does the Motherboard somehow sense that the Ram and HDD is not what it was originally made with? I have always wondered this and can not find answers. When i search for this all i see is people asking if they can build their own laptop from scratch which is pretty much impossible due to the case of laptops only fitting the motherboard, Ram, and HDD they were made with.
 
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HP and Dell would always change something in the bios after motherboard swap, but I think it was just the serial number to make sure the same S/N stays with the user. Other than that, if it's the same motherboard, you shouldn't have an issue as existing device drivers installed on the hard drive should work with the same hardware.
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You would have to reinstall windows, but otherwise I don't see why not. It'd be veryyyy difficult to find the exact motherboard, but you probably could do it if you're really dedicated.
 
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Yes. But installing it in place might be a lot harder then in desktop. And no, motherboard can't 'sense' that ram or drive is different (and it would not care even if it could sense that).
 
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Well see i have a windows 10 key and disk so im fine with that i was just worried about that. I run a Smartphone/Tablet Repair business and some old sweet lady came in almost crying because her laptop broke and i found out that all works fine exept that the motherboard is dead. I have repaired hundreds of computers in almost every way imaginable but when it comes to Laptops i always tend to stay clear of them but in this case i wanted to give it a try for her. I have all her Data backed up of course if worse comes to worse.
 
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Oh dissembling and resembling is not an issue i just was wondering if the HDD would somehow know its not the mothebroar dit came with and not work or something.
 
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HP and Dell would always change something in the bios after motherboard swap, but I think it was just the serial number to make sure the same S/N stays with the user. Other than that, if it's the same motherboard, you shouldn't have an issue as existing device drivers installed on the hard drive should work with the same hardware.
 
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