o right kool,

If ya want a rough idea how a laptop looks inside, this is mine...



is a Toshiba S2800-300, P3-650, 256Mb RAM, 20Gb HDD...

I've removed the on-board modem as I never use it, plus had to repair the PCMCIA slots, replace the CPU Cooler&Fan, new DVD-Drive, HDD, TFT, and little sound board (bottom-left) as I bought it for £30 spares-or-repairs... Cost me another £200 to get all the parts in so reckon for £230 it was a good buy - looked on eBay and these things were going for about £600 at the time!!

ok, cheers mate

http://www.a1-cheap-laptops.com/laptops.html

if your after something cheap there good :thumbs:

ah beat to it!, I spent too long writing that out lol

dont think so really

Cos most of the components (everything but the RAM and HD) are embedded /soldered straight onto the MB afaik

Plus expect it would be pretty tricky putting it all together, not to mention how would you connect the tft and everything.

Would need a lot of technical ability and know how dont you think ?

So I'd say no !

Can still upgrade certain bits tho, just not build from scratch...

ah reet, doh! where a decent place to get laptops for a good price? (online)

Advent laptops (ones with a P3), they took regular P3 chips, so you could change the processor in those.

But your pretty much limited, some laptops have the CPU soldered to the board, others use a ZIF socket, but there not really that upgradeable - usually best ya can do is a new HDD, more RAM & better CD Drive... plus anythin ya bung into the USB/PCMCIA/FireWire ports

i built my pc and was wunderin if u can build laptops the same way, just ive neva really seen places tht sell parts for thm, if anyone know any site cheers