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[cd]

I am thinking about buying a chromebook that is a Pre-Owned Asus Chromebook C202SA-YS02 11.6" 4GB 16GB eMMC Celeron® N3060 1.6GHz ChromeOS, Gray but can I upgrade it and can I somehow add a whole new motherboard or replace the chip to run Ubuntu or windows and i have seen people modify their Chromebooks on YouTube or turn their Chromebook into a PC desktop by 3d printing a case and adding custom cooling graphic and I noticed that Chromebooks have a blank or extra I don't know how to explain it but its like a blank connecter to possibly expand or add more components to the Chromebook. I have some knowledge but I want it to be fast,compatible and cheapish.

[Mike Frysinger]

realistically speaking, no, this is not possible.

if you bought a pre-owned chromebook because it was cheap, you're going to spend more money trying to replace all the internal components than if you simply bought the device you actually wanted in the first place.

-mike

On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM 'cd' via ChromiumOS Discussion <chromium-...@chromium.org> wrote:

I am thinking about buying a chromebook that is a Pre-Owned Asus Chromebook C202SA-YS02 11.6" 4GB 16GB eMMC Celeron® N3060 1.6GHz ChromeOS,&nbsp;Gray but can I upgrade it and can I somehow add a whole new motherboard or replace the chip to run Ubuntu or windows and i have seen people modify their Chromebooks on YouTube or turn their Chromebook into a PC desktop by 3d printing a case and adding custom cooling graphic and I noticed that Chromebooks have a blank or extra I don't know how to explain it but its like a blank connecter to possibly expand or add more components to the Chromebook. I have some knowledge but I want it to be fast,compatible and cheapish.

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[Keith I Myers]

This and modern laptops in general have very little opportunities for hardware upgrades, this includes most Chromebooks as they rely on soldered down components. A small number of Chromebooks do use a m.2 nvme drive and some chrome boxes have slotted RAM - that is the extend of upgrades. None have swappable motherboards or upgradable processors (except for the framework Chromebook edition which technically has some upgrade paths for a few components. 

As Mike said, you are better off buying a laptop to suit your needs as it would be far more economical. You can technically install Ubuntu or other Linux distros on most Chromebooks, there are plenty of guides to do this and the process may vary based on device. Your performance will differ based on the hardware you are running but it's of course possible. 

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