Notebook Motherboard

[Arabella Kochanski]

Iwas looking for a new laptop because I was in need of one but they were all very expensive and over priced. So my friend gave me their old unused one from 2015. I however found that it was very slow, so the first thing i did was upgrade the HDD to an SSD and upgraded the RAM from 4gb to 8gb. these two upgrades helped drastically to improve the performance of the free laptop. However it is still slow in areas and I've come to the conclusion that it is because the CPU just doesn't cut it. The CPU I am running is the Intel Celeron N3060 @1.6gHz and it is the soldered one so i can not replace it easily. This lead me to find ways to fix this so I have decided to try find out if i can upgrade or change the motherboard to a better one that has a CPU socket instead of a soldered one and one that has better graphics.

NOTE: HP does not recommend upgrading or downgrading hardware parts or software that is bundled with the product as It may affect the manufacturer's warranty and performance, however, you could change the configuration at your own discretion.

I would request you to contact our Support and our Support Engineers should be able to check the avaiable service options in order to replace the replace the display. HP Support can be reached by clicking on the following link: www.hp.com/contacthp/

I know there's an archived question about this laptop but this is different. Question is this: What motherboards are compatible or were used with this line of laptops. The idea is to upgrade the board itself to get an upgrade (CPU & others)

I know which each model you can choose for better models & the same chassis is used. WM suggests a specific model I think. (The one I have) but I am guessing f033 with another extension could be same laptop with different specs.

Next morning, the laptop remained plugged in over night, opened the lid and nothing, black screen... I pressed the power button and still nothing. I though, that's strange, Ive never had a problem with my laptop before, always fired right up,rather quickly. Thought to myself, maybe the outlet is dead or maybe the original power adaptor shot craps. Nothing I did seemed to make any sort of difference in waking up the laptop... So, I did what any logical person would do in this case, I Googled it...

I was surprised by the results that came up. Complaint after complaint of this happening on peoples fairly newer high end HP laptop computers. That's what actually brought me to this website in the first place. So, after reading through a few of the complaints and possible fixes, I decided to call HP and see what needed to be done to get my computer up and working again. The support person asked the typical questions, model and serial numbers blah blah...After a couple of different troubleshooting steps, there it was, "Sir your motherboard is shot". Oh I said, he came back with "your computer is 35 days out of warranty". I said that I've done some reading and that many people are reporting the same problem with their HP Spectre's. He advised me that there is no know issues with my particular computer, and that the know issue was with the 13" screen Spectre's... I said OK and asked for a price to repair the computer. $495 was his answer!! I was in disbelief. The laptop is 400 days old! The motherboard has failed in 400 days I thought to myself as I began to feel the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. I politely asked for the case number and told him I would have to get back to him on this matter. I thought to myself, I'm going to recheck google with my model number just to make sure of this guys story. Turns out, there is several stories just like mine with the 15" screen as well as the 13" screen. HP, this is a problem. Please advise on the next step on how this can be corrected...

I bought an HP Envy laptop exactly 2 years ago as a gift for my brother in Lebanon. Same thing happened to him. He tried to open his laptop after he had used it only a couple of hours before, and it wouldn't turn on! He took it to a repair shop and turns out the motherboard wasn't working anymore. Two years? Really?? What a disappointment from a brand like HP.

I have notebook HP Pavilion dv7-1160er without accumulator, that can not hardly use graphic card because it too hot and system can go to blue screen at this time. That's why I want to "convert" it to Desktop computer.

There are some desktop motherboards that support mobile CPUs and SO-DIMMs (such as the Jetway NF93R-LF or the IBASE MI945P), but they're all in the mini-ITX form factor meant for small home servers, HTPCs and other such applications. Considering that the P7350 CPU is several generations old now, it might be more economical to get a modern motherboard with a 2nd or 3rd generation Core i3 and DDR3 RAM, which will likely have similar power consumption but far superior performance.

The GPU is where it gets really tricky. The vast majority of laptops have the graphics card soldered on the motherboard (even if it's a discrete part with its own video RAM). In the rare cases that the graphics card is removable, it uses the proprietary MXM standard (of which there are several revisions, to complicate matters further), and you'd need an MXM-to-PCIe adapter, which don't seem to exist.

After some quick (albeit not complete research), it seems that physically it would not be impossible to add. But the BIOS for the laptop motherboard may be specifically designed for the single RAM slot that it has.

My experience with laptop motherboards is that there is little information outside of the user manual, and that will make it challenging to complete a project like this without first hand knowledge of similar projects in the past.

I may poke at it next week once its had time to dry off in the event theres alcohol under some bga chip causing issues, may try to dig up a schematic/boardview to do some troubleshooting, but still, twas fun learning/trying

A specific holding bracket would have to be printed out for the Framework motherboard and its mounting points, but the tricky part would be getting this bracket to line up with the screw-holes of the old laptop chassis. The low-profile nature of the Framework motherboard makes me think that it would be able to fit into many older laptop cases.

Hi, I have this in my head also. I want to try it with X230. I have no X230 at home, so I only bought a bottom base cover for now (I use W530 as a daily driver). Next step is to print mainboard model from -Motherboard-Reference-CAD to be able to work on holding brackets.

While it is a cool project, I recommend getting a 51nb board for an old ThinkPad. The work needed to make a framework board fit in a ThinkPad is insane (keyboard begin the hardest to get to working since a custom board would be needed)

I have a laptop (Sony VAIO VPCF132FXB) that has a dead motherboard. Long story short, there was some water damage. The hard drive is good, I believe the BluRay drive is still good. The power and battery are both still good from my testing. I believe the RAM is still good also and the processor (Intel i7) should be fine also.

I have already replaced the laptop, so I don't have much use for the actual laptop itself. What I don't want to do is waste all the components though. Can I somehow buy another generic motherboard, put all the components on it, stuff it in a box and use it as a HTPC?

You can find a custom/bare-bones laptop manufacturer, and see if they will sell you a laptop with just the motherboard. Usually, these custom laptop manufacturers allow you to specify the RAM, CPU, GPU, and drives you want in the system. You will need to use the new laptop chassis, as it is highly unlikely that the new motherboard will fit in your old laptop.

You should also be able to swap in the CPU, but you might have some trouble because of the cooling situation. Each laptop has a custom heatsink made for the particular laptop chassis, so that it can direct the flow of heat properly. If you do go through this route, make sure the manufacturer supplies you with a heatsink for the CPU.

There's pretty much no way to do what you want the way you want it. If the processor isn't soldered to the motherboard, you could get a replacement motherboard for this particular computer and then use it as a HTP. Otherwise, there's nothing you can do.

Laptops use custom connectors for some types of optical drives, so if yours is custom, you can try to find a converter somewhere, but it's a long shot. On the other hand, it could be just regular SATA, so try to post a picture.

The processor itself, if it's in a socket, won't be of much use for desktops. There were converters which allowed specific laptop processors to be used with some specific motherboards, but I'm unaware that anyone is making them for any of the currently used sockets, so that is bed news.

As far as RAM is concerned, it's the same story. Laptops use small outline memory modules which aren't used in desktop computers. You may be able to find a use for them is some specific devices such as FPGA boards and so on, but I guess that if you have one of such devices, you'd already know that. Another option would be to save the modules and hope that some printer or similar appliance will make use of it in 5 to 10 years (they usually use that old memory modules right now).

The optical drive could be used in a desktop computer if it's using regular SATA (note that the power and data connectors could be right next to each-other and may be one part, but the cables should still be able to fit fine). Otherwise, you could try selling it too.

The RAM, as I said, could be used in another laptop using the same type of RAM, in some sort of special device or you could sell it too, but it isn't as expensive as the rest of the devices and the sale may be a bit more difficult since it's (unlike processors) commonly available as upgrade part.

I had cleaned my laptop from dust and reapplied the thermal paste. After this i have reassembled the device than it did not turned on. Then i took it apart connected the fan and it worked even POWER led was lit. Skipping the part when i constantly reassembled the laptop then find out it's not working so i started to remove the cables from the motherboard ( keyboard, fingerprint scanner etc ... )

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