Old gaming laptop to retro desktop conversion

Posted by Luke_Sweitzer@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 6 comments

My old Acer aspire e5 573g 52g3 gaming laptop in a 2003 compaq presario s3100nx case with compaq 7500 crt monitor

Specs

Intel i5 5200u 2.2ghz to 2.7ghz

Nividia GeForce 940m 2gb vram

2x8gb 1600mhz 16gb 3200mhz ddr3 ram

1tb sata 3 2.5" ssd 500mb/s

Windows 10

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cdoublejj@reddit

what fasteners did you use to screw or mount it in the case? drill or tap any holes?

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I used the laptops keyboard plate which is that the motherboard originally mounted to, and drilled holes in it and mounted it where the compaq motherboard mounted on at and then mounted the laptop motherboard onto the keyboard mount

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cdoublejj@reddit

thats phukin BRILLIANT!!! gonna remember that!!!

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Luke_Sweitzer@reddit (OP)

thanks lol, I had to saw the end of it off though to fit in the case. Which is why it was entirely disassembled.

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Far_Statistician_714@reddit

I’ve been working on very similar projects lately...

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AegidiusG@reddit

Very good Idea!