Motherboard switching
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Hi diy, I have pic related. Its an ASUS X202E. A couple months ago, I killed the motherboard which had a Pentium 2117U, luckily I found what looked like the only i5 3317U motherboard in existence that fit this laptop. So now however I am really looking to upgrade but this laptop, everything (including RAM) is soldered and I already upgraded to a SSD. I was wondering if it would be possible to adapt another laptop's motherboard to my chassis. I was looking at the Zenbooks who seem to have a similar I/O and chassis and could you guys be of any help.
A look alike Zenbook for reference.
>>987142
how did you break it? you're better off buying a new laptop but you can buy used motherboards from ebay and amazon and the likes for sub 80$. you need the model number on the bottom of the laptop to google it.
>>987151
I accidentally pulled the charger too hard when I tripped on it and with it came the charger port out. Currently it working fine, its using the i5 3317U motherboard but I really to want to upgrade without spending $600+ on a laptop.
>>987142
The answer is no. It is all very specific mostly because of the ports.
>>988459
He could de-solder the ports (patience is your friend)
>>988466
How difficult would it? I can solder but I am a beginner so I have very little skill
>>989820
Watch some of Louis Rossmann's videos to get some idea of what you're getting into. I don't think that any laptop motherboard with a socketed CPU and RAM is going to fit into that computer though, it's just too thin. Buy a Thinkpad X220 or X230 if you want something that small and still sort of expandable though even those have soldered CPUs now.
>>989820
Very.