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erdie   02-07-2006 at 01:52:36 PM

Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade the motherboard on a laptop. My one is a bit slow now and I cannot afford a new one with good specs. I would like to know if it is easy enough to do and where I can find new laptop motherboards to buy and how to work out what form factor of board I would need.
Many thanks
erdie :cry:

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ocularis   02-07-2006 at 03:39:48 PM
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Laptop motherboards are usually not upgradeable. The only companies who make boards for them is the original manufacturer of the laptop, and the only time they would supply you a motherboard is to replace one that failed. There is no standard form factor for laptops as they are all a little bit different in design from one manufacturer to the next. I suggest upgrading the memory and possibly hard drive on this laptop as much as you can, or just save up for a new one.

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ProHandyman   02-07-2006 at 04:34:21 PM
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Laptop motherboards are usually not upgradeable. I suggest upgrading the memory and possibly hard drive on this laptop as much as you can, or just save up for a new one.



Very true! even with the newest laptops that are "upgradeable", only the memory, cpu, hdd, and possibly graphics are upgradeable.

A good software cleaning, or a clean install may speed things up a bit. Adding more meory will help. upgrading HDD will improve "load times" (a big problem with older laptops). Sometimes the cpu can be upgraded.

Even these upgrades can be cost ineffective depending on the configuration, and age of the laptop. Since we don't know what laptop model, and options you have; we can't offer much more advice.

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