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Mobile Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5500 - Desktop Chipset/Mobo?

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kjv1611

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Can anyone give me any clues/thoughts on this...

I'm sure if I keep looking long enough or just try to figure it out on my own, I'll get it sorted, but thought I'd at least get some discussion started. As it stands, I could never get around to digging enough with my time constraints for quite some time - so hopefully I can get some thoughts from you guys.

I've got a Toshiba Laptop that is busted, and I frankly don't have the time and don't want to spend the necessary cash to bring it back to life. It was pretty much "terminated" to where the casing is broken, LCD is broken, hard drive broken, DVDRW broken... The RAM was spared, and really the CPU and motherboard best I can tell.

So, 1. How difficult would it be to mount it in a micro/minit ITX setup?
2. Or are there any specific desktop chipsets that will handle the T5500 mobile CPU?

I just got curious on that, when I saw a barebones for a mini case with an Intel chipset supporting Core 2 Duo... but I'm thinking the mobile CPUs are still diff than desktop in compatibility. At least I believe they were in the past, and would expect the same for current... somewhat current..

Thanks for any thoughts/references/discussion on the matter at all.

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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me
 
Well, it's not a necessity, so I'll just keep thinking and looking. Thanks for the info/suggestions so far. Any others gladly welcomed.

Right now, I'm wondering if I happen to wait and watch patiently enough I could find another same model laptop that needs repair, but has good parts where mine are broken... and I found a couple to watch while I was thinking about it! [bigglasses]

I'll be purty happy if I can get it sorted for less than $200 and still have that thing working. It's been a great laptop in my opinion. I've used it for at least these:
[UL][LI]Web browsing[/LI]
[LI]Watching movies - DVD and digital file, various formats... highest quality file was 1080p if I remember correctly, and played without missing a beat - all the while the battery didn't die even when playing back 1080p.[/LI]
[LI]Audio Editing[/LI]
[LI]Some mild video editing - mostly just tinkering/testing on the laptop.[/LI]
[LI]Documents and such, of course[/LI]
[LI]VERY light gaming - I don't do enough gaming, as of the past year or two - to even consider that to matter anymore. Amazing how having a child can change things. [wink][/LI][/UL]

If I do anything, since I started this thread, I'll try to remember to post back with what I do.

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"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me
 
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