Swapping out HP motherboard

Trip Jaxon · Feb 2, 2015

Ok, my Aunt gave me her old laptop, as she bought a Desktop. The thing is, as I do some gaming on my laptops, the one she gave me isn't all that great for gaming. Specifically it's a HP Pavilion 17-F037CL. I've done all the upgrading to it, new SSD, 8gigz of 1866 RAM. It's a help, but not a whole lot. I'm wondering as I've noticed some of the better HP laptops have the same exact case design, couldn't I swap out the motherboard with one of the better laptops, in my current laptop?

orlbuckeye · Feb 2, 2015

No laptop are designed by OEM's Dell, Apple Toshiba, HP and the others and manufactured by ODM's in China and Taiwan and across Asia. Unlike desktop laptop motherboards are specific to a specific model. Cases are just different foe every laptop. USB ports, HDMI network cards and ports all have to align up with the case.

Trip Jaxon · Feb 2, 2015

orlbuckeye :

Trip Jaxon · Feb 2, 2015

I realize this. I've found other HP laptops, that are laid out quite the same as mine, and even share the same part numbers as the top, and bottom of my particular laptop. I've looked at the pictures of the laptop, and seen where the usb, hdmi,power jack, exhaust vent, etc. They all line up. Some even have the same motherboard part number, just with different CPUs, and gpus. I'm merely wondering, if anyone has ever swapped one brand of laptop motherboard, with another of the same exact layout..just with different hardware.

orlbuckeye · Feb 3, 2015

I would google HP motherboards and see the part number for the Motherboard. HP is the best source for this.

Trip Jaxon · Feb 3, 2015

orlbuckeye :

I've pretty much been doing that. And I've come up with quite a few different configurations, on the same MB. I was mainly curious if anyone on this forum has ever done such a swap, and how well the process went. As the replacement MB runs around $250-350, depending on whether, or not it has a dedicated GFX card, or not. I don't want to throw the money out of the window. Thanks for your suggestions, though.

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