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So the motherboard on my Lenovo IdeaPad 330-17IKB needs to be replaced and I’m not sure if it uses the same MB as the smaller screen laptops and if so could I still use an Intel I7 processor or is the MB locked to a processor?
@fennec58 download the maintenance manual for your Lenovo from here The motherboard choices for your laptop while maintaining the I7 processor would be MBL81DC I77500U UMA D4G WIN part number 5B20R16689 MBL81DC I77500U UMA D4GOPT WIN part number 5B20R16680 MBL81DC I77500U X110V2GNR WIN part number 5B20R16681 MBL81DC I77500U X130V2GNR WIN part number 5B20R16621 MBL81DC I77500U X110 V2GD4G WIN part number 5B20R16638 MBL81DC I77500U X130 V2GD4G WIN part number 5B20R16613 MBL81DC I77500U X110V2GNROPT WIN part number 5B20R16683 MBL81DC I77500U X130V2GNROPT WIN part number 5B20R16603 MBL81DC I77500U X110V2GD4GOPT WIN part number 5B20R16532 MBL81DC I77500U X130V2GD4GOPT WIN part number 5B20R16684