Motherboard Questions for (old) HP Laptop

Hey all.....I've got a 4yr. old HP Pavillion ze4230 with a 1.8GHz processor. It's been sitting in my basement for the better part of two years after it crapped out on me. Can't exactly remember what the problem was, only that the tech at the repair place I went to said I would be better off buying a new one (as it would be quite expensive to fix)

I've got a few questions though......
1) What kind of motherboard is lurking inside? What little I found seems to point to an Intel Socket 478B.

2) Would it be possible to swap this out for a motherboard that could accommodate an AMD processor or at least something more up to date??

 

1) You've got something that looks like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-ze4400-ze420...ageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118. Yes it is socket 478.

2) Unless this chassis was used for a machine with an AMD processor you probably will not be able to find another board that fill fit the chassis and support the AMD processor.

 

So then I have to find something that looks exactly like that (sorry for the stupid question) ??

 

Ideally it should look exactly like the board that's currently in your computer right now. But you shouldn't be looking for the board based on pictures, you should be looking for the board based on whether or not a certain board was made for your model of laptop.

I'm not really sure how HP's numbering system works so I can't really say exactly what models of board will work here.