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Thanks for the reply. Ive bought some bad motherboards to practice cpu swapping. Once I get semi confident I’ve got it down I’ll buy one in working condition and do a swap and test it. Eventually I’ll get to attempting an actual set up.

Hoping to learn something new alongside my son. I’m mechanical and a part time manual machinist but barely know my way around an iPhone. If you’re offended by a lack of knowledge you’re going to hate seeing my posts. in my field I’m known as a master franckenstiener and fab shop. I have a love for making crazy combos look factory. also known for bringing centuries old machines back to work, so there’s a pattern to my dimensia. Everything I do is cheaper than a college education, that’s my philosophy about the money. I’m not looking for a good but cheap laptop I’m looking to see with my own eyes how and why a laptop works or/and doesn’t. I bought a 7720 with a 6820 chipset. I also bought a motherboard with a Xeon 1575 chipset and some “bad” motherboards so I can work my way around and see how the power flows. (Here’s where I go crazy). live read 7750’s boards port out the back so they’re not compatible with a 7720 chassis. BUT the Intel Xeon W-10885M chip has 8 cores but a lower idle mhz. Both chips take the same socket, question is would all the drivers work if the only thing swapped is the Intel Xeon W-10885M onto a 7720 motherboard? This isn’t about the money, it’s about the education. I will be looking for a shop that’s willing to help in these endeavors so if you know any hot rodders out there please point me in their direction. Thanks guys, Dean

Thanks!

New here, and a nube all the way round. Kind of a crazy story might get into one day but, I bought a Dell precision 7720. My plan was to take some courses geared toward making 3d sand cores for metal casting and 3d printing of course, and some g code learning as well. After finding my new laptop I got intrigued by the fact it’s so mod’able. Now I want to learn everything about this family of.laptops as I can. I have experience with nothing about this so it’s a good learning curve as well. Can’t wait for the Dell to get here!