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March 15th, 2010

Motherboard

Mine needs to be repaired or replaced. Where should I get a new one, as inexpensive as I can get it while still being good quality?

Yes, I could google it, but I wanted to first ask the expert opinions of people I trust. (see: you guys)

Michy

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Shrew

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Posted 2 days ago	+ 2 Cool [ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
Oh in that case, go for it. I normally wouldn't recommend it because laptops are so confusingly built and they usually require specialty knowledge, but if you've got someone who knows what they're doing, go for it. Just make sure to by the same model of motherboard, cause those things almost never port.

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No problem.

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Posted 2 days ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
Shrew is quite correct, and then finding one that fits properly...Quite the hassle. IS THAT THE MOTEHRBOARD? No, that's the sound card. Huh. Whooooops.

Shrew

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Posted 2 days ago	+ 1 Ditto [ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
Because in a desktop, one can tell you where everything is. It's all nice and compartmentalized. In a laptop... yeah. If I could even begin to tell you where the motherboard was, I might be able to begin to help you. tl;dr laptops are just built really, really differently.

Crunchjaw

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It was my pleasure, though honestly I'd look at other people's advice before mine, my 'expertise' is...limited at best.

Shrew

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Right now I should probably differentiate between proprietary and generic motherboards. Generic motherboards are fit to a certain standard (usually ATX) and is compatible with any other parts that fit that standard. Proprietary motherboards are a bit of a problem, because they're manufactured for one specific set of products, and rarely work with any others.

Dell Inspirons, like most laptops, are proprietary. To my knowledge, I don't even think an ATX-like standard exists for laptops. If you're trying to replace the motherboard on a laptop, don't bother. But if you getting a new laptop, do take your RAM and hard drive out of the old one, because those two parts are the only two that usually transfer well from laptop to laptop. Plus, if it's your motherboard that failed and not your hard drive, then all your data should still be alive and well on your hard drive.

If you are looking for a desktop motherboard, that is a whole other deal. Almost all desktops are now manufactured to the ATX standard (or one of ATX's variants), and then you have to pay attention to what kind of RAM, socket type, and so on you're getting.

Post edited 3/15/10 2:07PM

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In reply to SpitFireJay: And for what it's worth, you may want to boot the other person's computer up with a Linux LiveCD when you try to copy the data off, just to help prevent any infections from spreading from your hard drive to theirs.

SpitFireJay

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Posted 1 week ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ] [ Conversation ]
I'm an IT guy - it's my job. Sorry I don't have better news for ya Michy. Let me know how it goes.

SpitFireJay

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I would say yes - hard drive is your main concern and then worry about the laptop next. Look for a hard drive inclosure that supports IDE and SATA.

SpitFireJay

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I read two things - power surge may have fried the video card or memory modules. How many beeps does it make? Sometimes (like with IBM thinkpads) the beeps are a code for what the problem is.