Laptop to Desktop?

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AMDXP

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Just curious. I have a old notebook, that my parents use (Horrible Purchase.) It overheats all the time. It's known for this, being a lemon.

Anyway, it has an AMD XP-M 2400+ in it and a 5400RPM 60GB HDD.

I was thinking, could I theoretically get a socket 462 A motherboard (cheap now!) some old ram and turn it into a desktop with a 2.5" to 3.5" HDD tray adapter?

Probably too costly to be worth it, but it would be


AMD XP-M 2400+
5700 Ultra AGP (Old GPU laying around.)
60GB 5400RPM Notebook drive
512Mb Kingston Ram


I'll think about it, just has anyone done this? It works as it, just brainstorming. ;)
 
Do you already have the RAM, case, PSU, monitor, and CD drive lying around?
Can you find a 462 mobo for $15 or less shipped?
 
Well it would probably cost about $20 for the mobo and adapter so it wouldn't be too expensive. But they would be getting virtually the same performance since you're using the same HDD and CPU.
 
If the notebook cooling is the problem, have you tried to do anything with that?

Clean it out, mod fan and/or cooling pathways, reapply thermal compound, laptop cooler?

Have you checked Notebook Review for other solutions?
 
I see if I could keep it a laptop, use it for music and surfing 'net on trips.
 
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