can laptop motherboard to be upgrade
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Topic: can laptop motherboard to be upgrade
Posted by: mayur87
Subject: can laptop motherboard to be upgrade
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 11:06am
hi all
i have a dell laptop and would like to know if its motherboard can be upgraded to support faster processor and ram.do i need to go to dell for the upgrade or i can do it from any other vendor i am asking becos dell doesnt have much outlets here in india.
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Posted by: TranscenderMike
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 11:19am
You can upgrade the processor and RAM to whatever the motherboard is able to accept. You can purchase the processor and RAM from any vendor.
If you're talking about replacing the entire motherboard, it's not likely that you'll be able to change it. Laptop motherboards are designed to fit the exact layout of the particular laptop case. Dell does not sell motherboards.
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Posted by: HiOTW
Date Posted: 05 July 2005 at 7:36pm
You can check ebay and look for laptops with similar a design as the laptop in question. Also, you can google dell <model number of laptop> motherboard upgrade or dell <model number of laptop> motherboard swap. Typically upgrading laptops is limited certain parts.
However, there is the possiblity you can upgrade the entire motherboard. For instance, the Dell Latitude LS uses the same hardware (to my knowledge) as the Dell 2100 and one of the older Gateway laptops. *Reportedly*, using the older Gateway or 2100 motherboard and processor in the LS would provide a 700 Mhz processor.
Dell LS http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48484 &item=6782634565&rd=1
Dell 2100 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3713& item=6782296382&rd=1
Gateway 3300 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=177&i tem=5215912471&rd=1
Visually the three motherboards look similar but the power requirements could differ.
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