Predator 17 motherboard issue - G5-793

Pasquale1977
Pasquale1977 Member Posts: 1 New User
edited April 2021 in Predator Laptops
Hi everyone. I've bought a Predator 17 (G5-793) with a broken motherboard which couldn't be fixed. I thought about swapping the motherboard but the used ones are over 700$ except one from a G9-793 for 400$. Judging from the pictures they are the same but I want to hear what the community thinks. Are they interchangeable? I've read somewhere that the only difference is the presence of a subwoofer in the G9-793 which the G5-793 doesn't have but the laptop case is the same for both models. Thanks for your help.

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  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 12,486 Trailblazer
    edited April 2021
    Hi everyone. I've bought a Predator 17 (G5-793) with a broken motherboard which couldn't be fixed. I thought about swapping the motherboard but the used ones are over 700$ except one from a G9-793 for 400$. Judging from the pictures they are the same but I want to hear what the community thinks. Are they interchangeable? I've read somewhere that the only difference is the presence of a subwoofer in the G9-793 which the G5-793 doesn't have but the laptop case is the same for both models. Thanks for your help.
    The Predator 17 (G5-793) and the Predator G9-793 are both the same dimensions;  Length 423 mm x Width 321.5 mm x Height 39.7 mm and all their plugs are the same, so the mainboard should be interchangeable, the only difference is that the Predator G9-793 has an Operating current of 11.8A(Max) while the Predator 17 (G5-793) Operating current of 9.23A(Max).

    Here are the two boards specs;

    Predator G9-793


    Predator 17 (G5-793)