Dell Inspiron 3100 Motherboard Change Laptop

Me changing the motherboard in my Wife's Dell Laptop as Dell wanted £250 to do it. I purchased the motherboard from ebay for £60 and changed it in 40 minutes.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Dell
• Laptop
• Inspiron
• 3100
• change
• mother
• board
• motherboard

[djolz0]

retro sorry to ask this, i don't really know much about laptops but can you recommend me a good/averaged cost mother board for my laptop? it's a compaq (i know lol) but i don't have enough money to buy a new one so i want to change the mother board :) thank you

[retrozoneorg]

Hi there,

If it's an older laptop you don't want to pay more than £30. Laptops motherboards which are only a year old sell for £60 or less.

[hrendusasakura]

can i do it for Toshiba laptop???

[retrozoneorg]

I suppose so. Just experiment taking the laptop apart first. There are lots of little details which are different for each model.

[campmariah]

wow - that was fast work!

by the way, what was the MIDI song that was played at the end. i was really looking for the name/artist. thanks!

[retrozoneorg]

It's music that came with ulead video studio ;)

If you send me a message with your email in it I'll try and send it to you.

[COLmegoCOLma]

What you scared to show your face lmao?

[heythisrocks]

do u know if i can change my mother bord in a dell demetion 2400 series desktop so that i can games i know ill have to get all new stuff but do u have any tips or links anyone can help me im a huge gamer with a crap computer best i can run now is gta SA and halo 1 with lagg plzzz or if i should jsut get a ps3

[trousien]

wow totally not worth it just buy a damn new laptop lol they are so much cheaper nowadays

[KingSamLopez]

my laptop have a ATI GPU and intel Processer

i am going to change from intel to AMD