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Can you fit a mobo from X laptop in Y laptop, lets say - replace thinkpad edge 15 (socket G1) mobo with lenovo mobo for newer model (socket G2).

And if yes, which mobo would fit?

P.S: I have a Thinkpad edge 15 with i3-370m and that thing is veeeeerrry bad, the iGPU is worse than gt 210. No CPU on G1 is good or easy to find.

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Theoretically, but they'd have to be THE EXACT same dimensions, but the monitor would be the stop to where everything works, as most use unique controllers for it

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Why would you wanna do that though?

I can see where he's coming from but yeah, it's normally much less stressful to get a new laptop outright.

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Can you fit a mobo from X laptop in Y laptop, lets say - replace thinkpad edge 15 (socket G1) mobo with lenovo mobo for newer model (socket G2).

And if yes, which mobo would fit?

P.S: I have a Thinkpad edge 15 with i3-370m and that thing is veeeeerrry bad, the iGPU is worse than gt 210. No CPU on G1 is good or easy to find.

If the thing was layed out exactly the same, then that's a definite possibly. I'd suggest just getting a new laptop though, a board swap isn't worth the effort IMO.

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Let me save you the time.

 

No.

 

 

For a more indepth answer, feel free to keep reading.

Motherboards in laptops are designed for one specific laptop chassis, and designed around other components, fan placements, keyboard placements, and the like. Swapping out motherboards is virtually impossible, because no laptop has the same size, thickness, fan placement, harddrive placement, keyboard dimmensions, or screw holes as any other laptop. Something will always mismatch, and with that runs the risk of it not fitting back together at least, or grounding itself out and killing the components at worse.

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