Hello. My star wars edition HP laptop has died on me. I have traced the fault down to a shorted SOC (processor) it seems. Searching online I have no motherboards for sale near me, and if I search on ebay I can see some, but they are so expensive it's not worth it. I could buy a new laptop for that price. My version is just a simple i5 without dedicated graphics.
So searching for the MB model number I have found other boards that are very similar, in the 15-ab series, and one I really want in the 17T series laptops. They vary by very little, like the battery port is missing on the 17T, which is something I can easily transplant onto. Or the keyboard port is shifted to the right, but the exact same pins, so I could easily move the port back to my correct spot, or even leave it there, as my eyboard ribbon would reach.
The only thing I am worried about is configuration of the EC or BIOS and my screen. I saw somebody already tried to swap in a board from a 17inch AMD board, with the same board number, and the internal screen didn't work, they never posted if they found a solution, I am guessing something in the EC or BIOS for the screen? maybe.
Can anyone confirm, if I buy this i7 board, that came from a 17T laptop, that has the same motherboard model number and rev, but different HP part number, and I solder the battery port in the correct place and transplant anything else needed, would it work? Is it worth a try?
Thanks in advance!
So searching for the MB model number I have found other boards that are very similar, in the 15-ab series, and one I really want in the 17T series laptops. They vary by very little, like the battery port is missing on the 17T, which is something I can easily transplant onto. Or the keyboard port is shifted to the right, but the exact same pins, so I could easily move the port back to my correct spot, or even leave it there, as my eyboard ribbon would reach.
The only thing I am worried about is configuration of the EC or BIOS and my screen. I saw somebody already tried to swap in a board from a 17inch AMD board, with the same board number, and the internal screen didn't work, they never posted if they found a solution, I am guessing something in the EC or BIOS for the screen? maybe.
Can anyone confirm, if I buy this i7 board, that came from a 17T laptop, that has the same motherboard model number and rev, but different HP part number, and I solder the battery port in the correct place and transplant anything else needed, would it work? Is it worth a try?
Thanks in advance!
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