Your HP motherboard can be replaced with another compatible brand.
When your motherboard fails or is due for an upgrade, replacing it can either be an expensive task you pay someone else to do, or it can be relatively inexpensive if you do it yourself. Replacing your HP motherboard should only take about an hour, even if you are completely unfamiliar with the process. The important key to remember when handling any electronic component is to remain static free. Any discharge of static electricity between you and a processor or motherboard could damage or even destroy the component.
Instructions
Open Your Case and Remove the Motherboard
1. Unscrew the screws holding your case together in the back using the Phillips screwdriver. Slide your case open.
2. Disconnect the IDE or SATA cables that run from your motherboard to the hard drive(s) and CD/DVD drive(s).
3. Unplug the case leads that usually run from the front or side edge of the motherboard to the interior case. These leads control the power and reset switches as well as the hard drive light and any front USB ports you may have.
4. Unplug all of the power leads from the computer's power supply to the hard drive(s), the CD/DVD drive(s), the processor fan, any case fans and any other components in your system that are drawing power. When you are done you should be able to grab the mass of power cables coming from the power supply and lift all of them up out of the case without anything remaining attached.
5. Unscrew any peripheral devices attached to the back of your system and plugged into the motherboard, such as sound/video cards, Ethernet cards or modems, and gently pull them out of their slots on the motherboard. Lay these cards aside on a soft, static-free cloth.
6. Take your RAM chips out of the case. RAM chips are long, thin, rectangular computer chips that sit in slots perpendicular to the board. You will likely have two to four of them in a perfect row. Lay the RAM aside in the same area where you put your peripheral cards.
7. Unscrew your motherboard from the case. Looking carefully, you should see four to eight screws situated around the motherboard that hold it down against the bottom (or side) of your case. Set all of the screws aside in a safe place once you remove them.
8. Gently lift your old HP motherboard out of the case. If the power supply or hard drives seem to be in the way, you may have to gently maneuver the motherboard around them to get it out. If you cannot get the motherboard out around something like the hard drives or power supply, then use your screwdriver to remove those items from the case as well.
Install Your New Motherboard
9. Gently place your new motherboard in the case, aligning the screw holes to secure it to the case. Note that your motherboard will probably not line up with all of the holes available. As long as it lines up with four of them properly, that will suffice. Use your screwdriver to secure the board to the case.
10. Take the processor and heat sink from your old motherboard (if you are keeping it) and carefully install it in your new board. If you are installing a new processor, follow the instructions that came with it.
11. Install the video/sound or other cards by lining them up with the PCI slots on the back of your new motherboard and sliding them into place. Screw them down.
12. Reattach the leads from the front of the case using the diagram inside the instruction book from your new motherboard to determine which pins connect to such things as power, reset and HDD. Reattach all power leads from the case power supply to your CPU fan, hard drives and CD/DVD drives.
13. Attach the IDE or SATA cables to your hard drives and the motherboard as well as your CD/DVD drives. Close your computer case and restart your computer.
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