Motherboard Questions

Many years ago people on this forum helped me out when I wanted to upgrade my Toshiba Processor From a single core Celeron M to a T2250 Dual Core.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...grades/285839-processor-upgrade-possible.html
I'm still using the Toshiba today and it performs flawlessly. But seriously, its 8 years old. So..

Recently I was given a HP Pavilion DV6704nr laptop and it has a bad motherboard. I know the computer was bought new and two months out of warranty it broke.

I've also read that these computers had problems.

Is it worth buying a mother board if I can get one for $50 or less?

What was the problem with this mother board?

Am I wasting my time with this computer?

 

See:
HP Pavilion dv6704nr Notebook Laptop specs


If this is the circa 2008 product in the link above, I don't think that even at $5 it would be worth it. I think it is a waste of time.

 

Then garbage is it, thanks

 

Those boards the Video GPU solder went bad thus rendering it no video..

It was both AMD and Nvidia GPU on those boards had the solder go bad and video died.

That will depend on the cost of the replacement board and if they resolder a new GPU chipset if they use the old GPU don't even buy it.

Bad solder that caused GPU separate and also bad GPU chipset.

That will depend on how much the new board cost? And what else is still good on the system. I would say look at eBay and see that the board matching your Part Number is going for and you will get a idea is it worth it or not. But regardless of what the other poster says whether or not you junk it or replace the board that is your money and what you do at the end of the day.