I never did a laptop motherboard replacement and repair on any HP pavilion dv7 series PC computer until the other day. Very different and very annoying in many little ways which just takes a lot of time but not hard and if you have some experience with computers you’re in good shape. You basically spend [...]
Time for sleep now that I’m finally done putting back together a hp compaq (zd8000) zd8000us pc after a long laptop motherboard replacement. This time I just opened up the machine and used the same part number that was on his current board.
That part no. was 374711-001 and refers to a “Motherboard - Integrated ATI [...]
Ahhh, I finally finished answering all my e-mail and I feel good. The reason I feel so good is because I’m sitting in the best ergonomic chair made and my back hasn’t hurt since! While going through my messages, I came across an interesting question on a laptop motherboard sent by Heather. She said that [...]
Hope everybody is enjoying today because I am… and if I can do it, you could do it! Anywho, yesterday I did a laptop motherboard replacement on a hp nw8240 notebook and was one of the hardest to find motherboard and most expensive part I’ve dealt with for awhile. Regardless, I did end up finally [...]
Earlier today I completed a laptop motherboard replacement on a friends HP dv9400us PC notebook. After getting the unit in my hands, I noticed his machine was one of the newer models of the pavilion dv9000 series which now includes a HDMI port and comes as a full featured main board.
Compaq and HP shows the [...]
Looks like it’s another nice rainy day for me today which means laptop repair time! I’m going to start with the Dell M1330 first, since I already have the correct laptop motherboard in hand. His notebook is a M1330 series and needed part number GM848.
This is what Dell’s part reference manual says “Motherboard w/ Intel [...]
For anyone confused about the part numbers for the HP G6000 & Compaq F700 series motherboard - PN: 461860-001 is the same as 461861-001 except without the ExpressCard assembly unit. HP references this laptop motherboard as a “system board without ExpressCard assembly (includes replacement thermal material)”.
The laptop systemboard’s compatibility is still identical as it will [...]
You’d think by now that the major laptop companies would make the power jacks on motherboards more sturdy and built better considering how often they break.
Most repairs I do are for laptop plugs that snapped off the systemboard. Just finished installing a laptop motherboard in a Compaq F750us series computer which needed hp part [...]
