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by friscojw

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I've got a "toasted" motherboard on an IBM 390e. Where can I get parts?

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by thechas

If just the motherboard is toasted, and the CPU and RAM are fine, I would search the used / surplus PC sellers for a compatible motherboard.

If the motherboard is a unique design, and the CPU or RAM are questionable, I would spend the extra $30 or so, and get a standard ATX case with a 300 Watt power supply, along with your choice of a Socket A (AMD) or socket 478 (Intel P4) motherboard.

Chas

by tgm

Unless I am very mistaken a 390e is an IBM Thinkpad ni which case you will have a tough time fitting a standard board in there!!!

Changing the insides of a laptop is hard work and you could well find all the bits don't go back in again. My best advice is as the 390e is a good two to three years out of production try to find an company selling them off as they reaplce and just swap the drive from your existing one over to the new one. Watch out for duff batteries and the screen hinges being broken on any second hand one you get.

by thechas

If the 390e is a laptop, search ebay for someone selling one that either works, or has a different problem than yours does.

It is amazing what people sell on e-bay.

Chas

by lordinfidel

Why yes, yes it is...

I won't expound any further....

While I am no means timid around systems. If your MB is fried for that system. My reccomendation is to take out the hdd (can be removed from the back just in case for some stupid reason you did not know it)

Slap it in another laptop prefre 390e, (if you don't have one, there are conversion bays out there that you can use to install a laptop hdd into a standard ide bay), make a b/u of the data on it.

Or you can find another on e-bay as someone else posted and just slap the drive in it.

Replacing the MB is possible, but I would'nt bother in a laptop. too much can go wrong, especially if you have not been properly trained by the vendor. I replaced a vaio hdd and it was no picnic.

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