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Putting a new motherboard into Dell Inspirion 8500? (slrpnk.net)
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Howdy DIYers,

I happened across a lovely dell inspirion 8500. They just don't design laptops like this anymore.

Now, it's very old. It has RAM in the megabytes, so not really usable these days. I'm wondering if anybody has put a new motherboard or somehow upgraded this or a similar laptop to be decent but still keep the shell.

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[–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I do have access to a shitty 3d printer. Curious if you know of any resources to make a custom PCB.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I don't know much about making them, no.

    I'm always fascinated by people who choose to do this, but I've never actually felt like trying anything like that, myself.

    I do my own share of "because I can" projects, but none have to do with those kinds of electronics.

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