Dell Mobo Cel v P3

[baracuda]

Have an Inspiron 4100 with a bad video card. Debating whether to sell it for parts or replace board. I don't have a lot of experience with boards and so I don't know if I can swap a Dell I4100 celeron with a I4100 pentium (assuming the CPU comes with the board). Became Dell-erious trying to get an answer from Mfg.

Thanks!

 

[electronicsfreak]

If your talking about putting a pentium processor on the celeron board or vise versa there not interchangable as both use different sockets. Now if your talking about switching the boards with the processors, as long as the ram is compatible you shouldnt have any problems.

 

[baracuda]

Hey Thanks for the reply -- exactly the info I was looking for.

 

[mainegeek]

baracuda,
What Celeron are you currently using?
If Dell offers the 4100 in both Celeron and Pentium then a board swap will probably work.

You could Google for a board replacement and see if the pentium board uses the same chassis number. The chassis number maybe located somewhere on the bottom of the laptop.
The power packs may be rated differently as well which would
be an additional cost.

You would probably be better off selling it for parts. Replacing a motherboard on a Laptop requires alot of patience and care. I repair laptops often and I see the damage caused by people who think they have all the screws out and then they start prying them apart where ever they can manage to jam there 14 inch screw driver under.

 

[baracuda]

Hey Mainegeek - thanks for the advice. One of the difficulties was that I found several boards as possible replacements but the p/n didn't match with what Dell gave me. I assumed it was because I currently have a celeron and the boards I came across were all P3's. I have actually had a lot of experience working on laptops, just never had to replace the board. At this point, I just want to do it for the experience. Hopefully, when I am done I'll have a functional system that I can give to a friend and if not, I'll part it out.

I'd say those who use the screwdriver method learn expensive lessons. . .