![]() And this one seems like it would be okay, and that I could get out of it cheap. Sorry to bug you all with the questions, but at 47-years-old, with me thinking of taking the last two semesters I need to have my degree, I will need a laptop. The only other thing I can think of is perhaps taking it to the Geek Squad and paying them to reinstall 8.1-I'm guessing they can get at the key somehow-but, man, I hate to do that. ![]() The trick is, even if it still free do to so, won't I still need the product key for the Win 8.1 already on the laptop to authenticate 10? And, if so, where the devil would I come by it, by maybe by calling ASUS and giving them the serial number or something? I'm a bit stuck on that one. What I had thought is that I would just wipe the thing and install Win 10 on it. I do have 7 Ultimate on CD (though I think it can only be installed on one PC at the time) and a bootable flash with Win 10 on it. I hate Win 8.1 and only use Win 7 and 10 on anything else. The trick is, unlike MS always used to do desktops, there is no sticker on this thing with the activation code for Win 8.1. ![]() This, of course, would be doubly true if I replace the HDD with an SSD. My assumption is that even if I go with the exact same MB setup that is in the thing, I will have to reinstall Win 8.1, just as if I were upgrading a desktop. So these people making this so confusing is really doing me dirty. Seems like there was one more thing tied into this, but now I cannot remember it.Īnyway, I'm blond. If I need to go with the S400CA, does it matter which revision I get?ģ. Should I order a S500CA board or the S400CA that comes out of it?Ģ. I can get a board with an i7 on board in either version apparently, I just am not sure what will work.ġ. However, what you see listed for the 15.6" laptop is a S500CA board (Revision number I cannot remember). Well, when you research it-there are several being sold on eBay-the S400CA board is listed as the 14" model board and comes in either a Rev. I had thought to just buy the same board, but with an i7 processor onboard. When I opened it up, the MB is stamped as an S400CA Rev. The laptop *case* designates this a S500CA-DS51T model computer. And I can't hurt anything, as they bought her another. I figured for maybe a $150 I could get a new board and upgrade the RAM and have a decent system. Because I do not own a laptop and am about to possibly return to school, and because I would like to learn what is on the inside of them and become as proficient upgrading one as I am desktops, I asked her to let me have it to work on, since it was dead and her company bought her a new one. Https /This was my mother's work computer that she apparently killed a transistor on the MB that feeds the power from the box to the battery, by using a charger that wasn't the PC's actual charger (she was out of town and got into a bind because she did not have the PC charger with her). ![]() What the ASUS website seems to call it is a Vivobook. SYSTEM: ASUS Ultrabook S500CA-DS51T with 15.6" touchscreen and i5 processor. So, overall, my experience level is a little better than intermediate, I guess. Thanks in advance for trying to help me out, especially as what is going on here is some confusion on what the manufacturer is putting in the thing.īefore I get into this, I will say that I do have desktop experience-I build my own boxes and OC-but am in unchartered water on replacing the motherboard on the following laptop. ![]()
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