Archive for June, 2009


462535-001 HP Pavilion dv2000 dv2600 dv2700 dv2800 dv2900 and Compaq Presario V3000 V3600 V3700 V3800 V3900 Series AMD Turion 64 X2 Laptop Motherboard

Just finished putting back together a hp dv2600 laptop that needed a motherboard replacement. This series in my opinion is a more difficult laptop to repair parts in general. For my customers dv2600 notebook, I had to use hp pn: 462535-001 which hp references to a “PC Board : System board (motherboard) – Includes thermal [...]

374709-001 HP Pavilion zd8000 and Compaq Presario X6000 ATI X600 128MB Laptop Motherboard

It has been along time since anyone brought a HP Pavilion zd8000 laptop to me for repair but today was the day! I’ll get straight to the point – the notebook needed a new motherboard. The replacement part number needed was 374709-001 which hp references to “PC Board : Motherboard – Integrated ATI Mobility Radeon [...]

504592-001 HP Mini 1000 1100 700 Series Intel GMA950 Laptop Motherboard

Write down hp part number 504592-001 if you have a HP Mini 1000, 1100, or 700 Series Notebook. It is the part # of the motherboard for the models listed. Here is what HP says about 504592-001 “PC Board : System board (motherboard) – With Intel GMA950 Graphics Media Accelerator chipset with Intel Atom processor” [...]

Understanding Laptop Motherboards and System Boards

Your laptop was configured to support a specific motherboard (system board). When something unfortunate happens and you need to replace your laptop motherboard, start out by searching for the same exact make, model and part number on you current notebook motherboard on the internet. For example: eBay, Amazon, Google etc… are excellent starting places to [...]

431843-001 HP Pavilion dv2000, dv2100, dv6100 and Compaq Presario V3000, V3100 AMD nVIDIA Laptop Motherboard

I had a customer this past weekend who brought me her hp dv6100 AMD dual core laptop to install a new motherboard which stopped functioning for her. She also did research and bought the replacement online herself which makes my job a whole lot easier. Ahhh If only every customer knew how to find the [...]

459566-001 HP Pavilion dv9000 Series Full-Featured AMD Laptop Motherboard

Hello all HP Pavilion dv9000 Series Laptop Owners. The motherboards have been known to need more motherboard replacements then the average notebook. 459566-001 is the hp replacement part number for the “PC Board : Systemboard (motherboard) – For full-featured (Discrete) PCA, supports AMD Athlon processor”. 459566-001 was designed for most HP Pavilion dv9500, dv9700 dv9700z [...]

How to take apart a Toshiba Qosmio G35 Series Laptop Computer.

This past weekend I needed to take apart and fix a customer’s Toshiba Qosmio G35 Series laptop motherboard. I decided to jot everything down that I did basically to help anyone else that may need help taking apart their Toshiba Qosmio notebook. STEP 1 Remove laptop battery. Remove covers from both hard drives. Remove memory [...]

K000058990 Toshiba Satellite A210 A215 AMD ATI X1200 Laptop Notebook Motherboard

I was going through my past laptop repairs and thought this may be of help to someone. If you own a Toshiba Satellite A210 or A215 laptop and need to replace the motherboard… the part number to search for is K000058990. This PN is made for AMD processor models only and has built-in ATI Radeon [...]