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    Laptop customization

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by guppy, Oct 7, 2004.

  1. guppy

    guppy Newbie

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    Hi everyone, I hope you guys can help me with this. I have just inherited a (somewhat) broken IBM Thinkpad i series laptop to do with what I wish. I'm not sure of processor speed/memory etc., all I know is that it has a celeron sticker which sucks, a designed for Windows 98 sticker, also blows, and one usb port in the back. My question is this: Am I stuck with the current configuration or can I buy, say, a motherboard and new processor, hard drive, and RAM for this thing and soup it up so its at least semi-current? I have experience with doing this on a desktop, I built mine from scratch, but I have no experience whatsoever with laptops. I really hope there is something I can do because a decent laptop would be a Godsend right now given my current work/school situation, and I don't have the cash to buy new.
     
    guppy, Oct 7, 2004
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  2. racoontje

    racoontje Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not possible. Two reasons.

    1. Form factor changes every model or so.
    2. The boards you could use aren't for sale per piece.
     
    racoontje, Oct 9, 2004
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