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Replacing laptop motherboard

lenovoguy · 2010-03-18 18:03:19

Hi there The USB ports on my girlfriend's laptop have been broken and they are soldered onto the motherboard, so to fix the problem she needs to replace the board. Her laptop came with Vista preinstalled, and she will be replacing the board with another of the same model, so I'm just wondering what will happen when she…

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18-03-2010 7:03pm

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lenovoguy

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Hi there

The USB ports on my girlfriend's laptop have been broken and they are soldered onto the motherboard, so to fix the problem she needs to replace the board.
Her laptop came with Vista preinstalled, and she will be replacing the board with another of the same model, so I'm just wondering what will happen when she tries to boot up after replacing the board? Will it work, or will re-activation be required?

Thanks

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#2 18-03-2010 7:09pm
Evd-Burner

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Have you actually taken the laptop apart yet? cus u cud just get sum1 to solder it back on... Ive had to do that before with the power connection on my laptop. the hardest part was trying to take the laptop apart...

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#3 18-03-2010 7:10pm
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identical motherboard will need re-activation but your current key will work.

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#4 18-03-2010 10:05pm
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Nothing.
It shouldn't be a problem.

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