Choosing the right laptop motherboard

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Alright everybody, it’s that time again: Time to talk components. Today we’re going to talk about the laptop motherboard, the single most important component on your computer. Don’t believe us? Just try to run hardware-demanding programs on your system without a proper motherboard in place. Go ahead! What you’ll find is that your computer will bog down, you’ll have to turn down the program’s video/audio settings, and you may even run into a whole slew of problems caused by memory issues. Has your windows laptop ever dumped its physical memory? Things like that can be caused you a motherboard that needs to be replaced.

So what does a laptop motherboard actually do? Is it the same as a motherboard on a desktop? Yes, actually, just smaller and less easy to customize/add parts to. Have no fear: You still can do all of these things, but it’ll likely be more difficult. Motherboards on laptops are usually wedged in there very tightly, and specifically designed to handle the components that normally come on that laptop; adding stuff is usually very difficult.

So, that being said, what should you look for? First of all, you need to know what type of motherboard your laptop takes. Without that you’ll be absolutely lost on what to actually buy. Just like laptop memory, motherboards aren’t usually able to be swapped from laptop to laptop either; you need the exact make and model.

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Luckily, someone’s already made it easy for those of us who have probably misplaced the manual. Some sites have great little tools that allow you to select the make and model of laptop that you have, all the way down to the actual serial number found on the bottom of your system. Armed with this information, you can usually look down the page a bit and they’ll tell you exactly what goes in that particular model of laptop, all the way down to the laptop’s motherboard. Easy, huh?

Once you find out which ones can actually go into your computer, you have to decide on what you want. Do you want something that’ll run games? You need to ensure that the laptop motherboard you get is powerful enough to make it happen. Look for wattage ratings and the ability for the addition of extra memory, etc. If you’re simply looking for a motherboard that replaces the one you have without any extra frills, the tools I mentioned above should be a great way to start.

Good luck, everyone. Replacing a laptop motherboard is the harder step to this!

Shopping:

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