Anyone build a laptop?

[bigrash]

Ok guys....

i wanna build a laptop. anyone knows of any sites that help you through with it? and also, does anyone know where i can purchase laptop cases and all other components to build one?

 

[j@cko]

dude, why would you want to build a laptop? First, it's not economic, second, I don't think you can buy any of components any where.

 

[nirgis]

it is very hard if not impossible for a normal person to build a laptop, the comp. companies can build them because they have special equipment. Sorry

 

[dcdomain]

Sorry bro, it's next to impossible because everyone uses a lot of proprietary stuff, and you have to 'engineer it' to work. With desktops, sure you can plug the parts together and it'll work, but laptops have so many heat/temp constraints because of the packed parts that it'll probably not work when you finish.

I just swapped out two harddrives between laptops to make use of another's cd-rom drive and even then it was a pain. Harddrives and ram are the easies thing to access in a harddrive and it was a chore in itself. Imagine the other components...

 

[rlism]

actually, there are a few things that can be replaced on some laptops:

drives: hd's for sure, sometimes optical drives and floppy drives too.
processors: there are a few different sockets and you have to buy the right one.
memory: duh
screens: they will require a special cable from your laptop manufacturer.
video cards: some video cards are NOT integrated and can be swapped (lil' rare).

most other parts will have to be purchased from your mobo/laptop manufacturer. in general, these are just to replace defective parts rather than to build your own machine. you CAN buy them if you look real hard for them though.

 

[Choralone]

Yes you can buy laptop parts but they tend to be freaking expensive. I know, I've serviced laptops for 3 years now. A lot of times it makes better sense when something major like a system board or LCD goes bad to just buy a whole new machine.

And laptops in general are VERY proprietary. Even the plain jane OEM machines are built that way. Have to be in order to pack everything into something small and light enough for you to carry.