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Need help "transplanting" parts from laptop to laptop
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My main computer is a laptop. It works great for what I need it for, I just program simple stuff and play games like outlast and factorio, and for that, this laptop does great.
The problem though is it is weak. And I mean phisycally weak. This laptop has a very thin case. It is 7 years old and has done well for these years, though as I said it's case is realy thin and for example, there was a time when my step father used this laptop and he used to lift it with one hand, gripping from one corner of the case, and as it's so weak it bent and this laptop has no sound anymore (probably cause the soundcard is broken). Sound can work if I bend it, but obviously I'm not bending my laptop to have sound, instead I use headsets and speakers.
This wasn't a problem a few years ago but some months ago I realised something disturbing; the case has two cracks on the part that protects the screen, and a couple of months ago the screen started bending a lot when I opened it, and I'm really careful not to break it, so I use both my hands and only move the screen touching under the cracks so that it doesn't bend, which takes a lot of time and effort to do, and I don't want to have my laptop always have it's screen lifted up.
What I thought is as follows;
I have another laptop which is quite older but has a much more robust case, and I mean really much more robust, plus it obviously has sound.
My question is; can I "transplant" the RAM, CPU and GPU of my main computer to this more robust one? I think I will also have to change the motherboard so that all the hardware is compatible. Another good side of this is that the more robust laptop case is also quite bigger so I wont have any space problem, I would rather need to use some "filler".
Also I have and idea, I have another spare RAM, which is 1GB. Can I make this computer in a way I use the same HDD, RAM, CPU and GPU plus I add this extra RAM, all in the robust case? I mean, can I have two RAMs?
I even have another question, can I use two HDDs? (the old one plus the main laptop's one) Cause I have a lot of spare parts from another laptop I had before.
The only problem is the only experience I have with building computers is when I disassembled a third laptop, from which I scavenged an HDD, a RAM and I think the other part is like a network card or something, and from when I built a "SATA to USB converter". That's what I called it cause I used a piece of an external HDD that didn't work anymore to connect some SATA HDDs to my main laptop via USB, which works great (though they are detected as local drives instead of external drives but that doesn't matter).
I'm pretty confident I can disassemble my main laptop without breaking anything though I'm not sure if the keyboard and screen would be compatible (I can use an external one but that defeats the purpose of a laptop).
What do you think?
Thank you in advance!
The problem though is it is weak. And I mean phisycally weak. This laptop has a very thin case. It is 7 years old and has done well for these years, though as I said it's case is realy thin and for example, there was a time when my step father used this laptop and he used to lift it with one hand, gripping from one corner of the case, and as it's so weak it bent and this laptop has no sound anymore (probably cause the soundcard is broken). Sound can work if I bend it, but obviously I'm not bending my laptop to have sound, instead I use headsets and speakers.
This wasn't a problem a few years ago but some months ago I realised something disturbing; the case has two cracks on the part that protects the screen, and a couple of months ago the screen started bending a lot when I opened it, and I'm really careful not to break it, so I use both my hands and only move the screen touching under the cracks so that it doesn't bend, which takes a lot of time and effort to do, and I don't want to have my laptop always have it's screen lifted up.
What I thought is as follows;
I have another laptop which is quite older but has a much more robust case, and I mean really much more robust, plus it obviously has sound.
My question is; can I "transplant" the RAM, CPU and GPU of my main computer to this more robust one? I think I will also have to change the motherboard so that all the hardware is compatible. Another good side of this is that the more robust laptop case is also quite bigger so I wont have any space problem, I would rather need to use some "filler".
Also I have and idea, I have another spare RAM, which is 1GB. Can I make this computer in a way I use the same HDD, RAM, CPU and GPU plus I add this extra RAM, all in the robust case? I mean, can I have two RAMs?
I even have another question, can I use two HDDs? (the old one plus the main laptop's one) Cause I have a lot of spare parts from another laptop I had before.
The only problem is the only experience I have with building computers is when I disassembled a third laptop, from which I scavenged an HDD, a RAM and I think the other part is like a network card or something, and from when I built a "SATA to USB converter". That's what I called it cause I used a piece of an external HDD that didn't work anymore to connect some SATA HDDs to my main laptop via USB, which works great (though they are detected as local drives instead of external drives but that doesn't matter).
I'm pretty confident I can disassemble my main laptop without breaking anything though I'm not sure if the keyboard and screen would be compatible (I can use an external one but that defeats the purpose of a laptop).
What do you think?
Thank you in advance!
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Is it possible? Maybe.
Is it worth it? Probably not.
There's far too many variables and with 7+ year old mobile hardware, it'd just be a waste of time IMO.
I/O isn't going to match up properly most likely, so you'd have to do some cutting of the bigger enclosure. Mobile CPUs are usually soldered to the motherboard, so you're not going to be able to change the motherboard and keep the CPU. Since the bigger laptop, is well, bigger, the motherboard and other parts will also be bigger, so you'd just have to do a lot of modifications to get the smaller stuff to fit, and even then it might not work.
As for using spare parts, yes and no. You'll be able to use the HDD assuming it works, but not internally so you'd have to buy an enclosure or something for it with a USB connection. For RAM, it depends. It might not be compatible with the CPU/Mobo in your laptop, or the laptop might just not support additional RAM.
Is it worth it? Probably not.
There's far too many variables and with 7+ year old mobile hardware, it'd just be a waste of time IMO.
I/O isn't going to match up properly most likely, so you'd have to do some cutting of the bigger enclosure. Mobile CPUs are usually soldered to the motherboard, so you're not going to be able to change the motherboard and keep the CPU. Since the bigger laptop, is well, bigger, the motherboard and other parts will also be bigger, so you'd just have to do a lot of modifications to get the smaller stuff to fit, and even then it might not work.
As for using spare parts, yes and no. You'll be able to use the HDD assuming it works, but not internally so you'd have to buy an enclosure or something for it with a USB connection. For RAM, it depends. It might not be compatible with the CPU/Mobo in your laptop, or the laptop might just not support additional RAM.
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13 wrote Is it possible? Maybe.
Is it worth it? Probably not.
There's far too many variables and with 7+ year old mobile hardware, it'd just be a waste of time IMO.
I/O isn't going to match up properly most likely, so you'd have to do some cutting of the bigger enclosure. Mobile CPUs are usually soldered to the motherboard, so you're not going to be able to change the motherboard and keep the CPU. Since the bigger laptop, is well, bigger, the motherboard and other parts will also be bigger, so you'd just have to do a lot of modifications to get the smaller stuff to fit, and even then it might not work.
As for using spare parts, yes and no. You'll be able to use the HDD assuming it works, but not internally so you'd have to buy an enclosure or something for it with a USB connection. For RAM, it depends. It might not be compatible with the CPU/Mobo in your laptop, or the laptop might just not support additional RAM.
Hello 13. Thanks for your answers.
Well, if it is so unlikely to work I guess I won't do it (unless it finally get's broken), the problem is today I've seen the crack got even bigger so I suspect it will break soon. I'll just leave it open for now, but still I don't know how much it will survive.
I could easily copy all of my data to another HDD (cause I have like three I don't use), and from there plan something.
For example, it is certain I will buy a new GPU some day soon. Maybe I could start buying a new computer by parts and build it myself (mostly cause I heard it's less expensive, and aI already scrolled through some shops and seen that there are many good parts for little money) but that again has a problem which is my lack of experience.
What do you recomend me to do? Is there a way to increase my laptop's resistance that is worth it? Or I would be better off with a new computer?
I have a desktop PC that could easily be better than my laptop (the desktop is only three years old compared to my laptop, plus, it's a desktop) only problem is I have no screen... I like challenges. What do you suggest me to do?
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