My old laptop

India
January 6, 2009 4:59am CST
I am having very old Toshiba Laptop whose motherboard is dead. Its hard-disk, CD-ROM and LCD screen is good. Is there any way I can use them.
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@tslpre (3)
• Spain
6 Jan 09
The answer is quite complex, mostly because you didn't post any info on the laptop itself. Depending on your technical skills you have different options: 1. Try to change the motherboard by searching some broken laptop on ebay (maybe you can find one like the one you have, but with a broken screen. 2. You can think the other way round by selling your broken laptop on ebay to somebody who wants to recover his 3. Or you can think about using the spare parts, but bear in mind the following points: - the Hard drive can be removed and used in an external usb case (but how big is the Hard drive? Maybe is really too small to worth any work) - a laptop's cdrom can have a special connector, making it usable only on some laptops (cdrom drives (with burning features) are so cheap today that it makes no sense to use an old one. - your LCD screen can be used only on another laptop with the same connector (not even think about the chance to change/modify the connector!) Hope this helps
• India
6 Jan 09
Thanks for your help! I will try these, but if it costs more tham I will drop my thought.
• India
6 Jan 09
I suggest you to buy a new laptop. If you buy a new laptop you can get warranty and it will have latest configuration. If you repair your same old laptop it will cost you the same as a new laptop. This is only my suggestion but the final decission is your's so take a good decission
• India
7 Jan 09
hmm u can make it as a server or use it to read files or to teach kids! happy lottin and have a nice day
• India
7 Jan 09
hmm how old is it? normally all laptops have a monitor port so u can connect ur computer with the laptop n get two screens and u can also take out HDD n buy a 10dollar adpter to use it
• India
8 Jan 09
hmm tht is strange