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    Dead Motherboard - Use Components Elsewhere?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by craighoog, Sep 6, 2011.

  1. craighoog

    craighoog Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello All,

    I have a laptop (Sony VAIO VPCF132FXB) that has a dead motherboard. Long story short, there was some water damage. The hard drive is good, I believe the BluRay drive is still good. The power and battery are both still good from my testing. I believe the RAM is still good also and the processor (Intel i7) should be fine also.

    I have already replaced the laptop, so I don't have much use for the actual laptop itself. What I don't want to do is waste all the components though. Can I somehow buy another generic motherboard, put all the components on it, stuff it in a box and use it as a HTPC?

    Any advice would be welcome. Don't want to spend $300 on another motherboard built just for this laptop.
     
    craighoog, Sep 6, 2011
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