Laptop Modding
Hey...not sure if this is the right place to post this question but i'll give it a shot. about 2 years ago my parents bought me an HP xt155 laptop from bestbuy for school. its worked great for me until recently when the power plugin from the motherboard has started not making a good connection and the ps2 input for keyboard/mouse is having a similar problem. i could order replacement parts online or from HP easily enough, but i thought it'd be nice to just take out everything and make a gaming laptop. i'm familiar enough with building desktops, but ive never tried it with laptops, and the amount of info on the web is a little lacking (at least from what i can tell). ive never looked at custom laptop parts and now that i've tried, i dont really know what im looking for. does anyone have any advice or online resources or tutorials that i could check out? thanks!
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A lot of the time its cheaper to buy a whole new machine than start replacing laptop parts.
Replacing parts in portable is not as easy as the desktops. I saw Hp portables that has the cpu glued on so no cpu upgrade. Also one of the basic things in games ofcourse is the graphics card. You must cheack if it has a mobility gfx or onboard. If it is onboard the you cannot upgrade it exept if it has an agp port (Unlikely). Also rams are kind of tricky. Each mobo has some certain brand names that can accept.
What exactly are you trying to do? It shouldn't be a big deal to open up the laptop, desolder the connectors (get a desoldering iron from radio shack), and resolder them. The problem is almost certainly a bad solder joint. I've seen sooo many HPs with that problem it's not even ...
What exactly are you trying to do? It shouldn't be a big deal to open up the laptop, desolder the connectors (get a desoldering iron from radio shack), and resolder them. The problem is almost certainly a bad solder joint. I've seen sooo many HPs with that problem it's not even funny.