old m17x dillema

My old m17x has no warranty whatsoever, the problem is the faulty motherboard. And since it was not mine to begin with im out of luck on replacing m17x motherboard. Will i be able to take apart the old model m17x and upgrade it into an m15x?

If i list this non working m17x with faulty motherboard will people buy it for the parts and not the motherboard? Its got dual 8800m gtx, and core 2 2.8 X9000 160 gig of hard drive, the works.
The only part is motherboards not working, and i checked out the repair shops they dont service old model of m17x, finding a new motherboard for old m17x is Impossible. Any suggestions?

 

I believe people would, its got some nice hardware in there as well as a set of dual 8800m gtx (so they would be the ones with sli connector and mother and daugter cards i think, not so sure on this but they could definately sell concidering there still very strong in the GPU line )

 

Ok so i should try out the notebook marketplace here then ebay.
I dont want to throw the whole laptop away either its not right when the only broken part is the motherboard. Everything works the 4 gig memory ram, dual 8800gtx, and core 2 extreme 2.8 x9000 cpu?

 

You might get $1100 for it.

 

i would be extremely interested in it if we found a solution for the dead motherboard.

 

Have you looked for a replacement circuit board online?

 

cant PM you yet i think forum rules said 11 posts before you can use PM's so ill get my 10 and u could get more posts up by posting in another area as to what motherboard could work

 

only the original m17x motherboard will fit/work, and you very probably won't find it at any online shops. AW is the only way to go, but since you have no warranty...

 

those 8800m gtx would sell on the market plance on the forums here for 300 a peice easy i think

 

I checked online and also repair shops around here they dont have the motherboard for the m17x so im sol.

 

Yes i tried calling vendors aorund here and nationally, but yea im out of luck on alienware motherboard. Any suggestions? i am going to post to see if anyone is interested in buying a quality alienware m17x for spare parts other then the motherboard.

 

By the way i dont want to break apart the actual laptop m17x so hum we'll see how it goes o the laptop marketplace. Ill sell this as is for your spare parts. especially since i purchased this for $3000. See if anyone on here wants to use this laptop as spare parts for your laptops.

 

You could see if someone on here with an old M17x will check with Alienware on pricing for a MB.

Then you can buy it from them...possibly by a BUY IT NOW auction on Ebay.

 

Ill look into it.

 

I already posted in your other thread, but did you bother phoning up Alienware and asking them about purchasing a new motherboard?
Cross posting btw is against forum rules.

 

well bud somewhere on here people have been cooking their dead graphics cards and bringing em back to life you might want to give that ago

im not sure how hot or how long you leave it in for but if its nakerd then you got nothing to loose.