Converting an HP G7 laptop from AMD Socket S1 CPU to FS1 APU

Some of my common viewers may recognize this laptop from a prior video... Well, it's back again. The previous time I had it, I had intended to replace the motherboard. But the customer did not want to wait for 2 weeks for a motherboard to arrive, so I provided the reflow option, and advised that the repair is hit or miss. The customer opted for the reflow. The motherboard lasted roughly 4 months after the reflow... and here it is again.

Instead of replacing the socket S1 motherboard with another S1 board, I decided tyo convert this laptop to use the more modern and reliable APU platform. Since this laptop's offered on AMD CPU-NB, AMD APU, and Intel platforms, the swap process simply consisted of ordering the FS1 motherboard, FS1 APU, and a cooling heatpipe/fan. Although this thing's back up and running, it could use a Windows reinstall. I might also suggest to the customer an upgrade to a fast SSD versus the slow hard drive that's currently in this computer.

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