I have a HP Pavillion ZD8000 laptop that I paid $2000 for a few years ago. The video card just went bad on it and I'm being told that since it's fused to the motherboard, I need to purchase a new motherboard. I don't have alot of money to pour back into this laptop. Where can I find an affordable motherboard for this laptop? Where is the best place to have it installed?Thanks!
relies upon on the motherboard regrettably, in case you have an agp slot on your motherboard to truly plug in a clean pics card then that's rather possible which you would be able to disable the g/card interior the bios. working device isn't probable a controversy - on the very worst, you are able to might desire to initiate in secure mode and delete the old card.
Replacing the motherboard in your Laptop will cost your just as much as if you would purchase a new laptop. It is sometimes cheaper to buy a new laptop than to replace the motherboard.
It isn't fused to the motherboard it is PART of the motherboard. The components that make up the video card, are right there on the same printed circuit board as everything else. A new motherboard for a zd7000 series goes for $900+ right now just had to price one for a customer. Why so much? This is HP's way of inspiring people to upgrade their hardware. You may have paid $2000 for it a few years ago, but it isn't worth nearly that much now. Think of it this way. Take a look at the laptops that HP is offering now, for that same $2000 and compare their specs to yours You'll see. There are tested motherboards available now on OKorder, for the zd8000 series, going for $300 (BuyItNow Price). Just do an OKorder search for zd8000 motherboard. As to where you should have it installed you might do better at a smaller repair shop, as opposed to Best Buy/Geek Squad. The wait time should be shorter, and the labor should be less. You are looking at between 2 and 3 hours labor for the job. I'm not saying that a good tech couldn't install it in under an hour. I'm saying that any shop is going to charge you between 2 and 3 hours of labor.
it is very complicated to deal with a laptop (opening them causes lots of problems).i would recommend that you first go to a specialist(hardware programer) to see if your upgrade would be compatable with the rest of the hardware---secondly it is best if you fix the computer using your warranty if you have one modifying the system hardware destroys the warrenty i hope this information helps ___thank you
for what it will cost you to find and have the board replaced you could go buy a new laptop with similar specs Laptop prices have tumbled over the past 2 yrs and your $2000 lappy (with the same specs) brand new today is worth about $700
