AN515-52. Broken motherboard, can I change for a better one?

tompell

I screwed the motherboard in my N17C1 AN515-52.

I want to replace it so that I can still use the laptop, but I was wondering if it’s possible to replace it with one that allows my to have a better dedicated graphics/cpu etc.

I realise that it needs to fit perfectly with the screw holes, but I imagine that the motherboard from higher spec nitro models would fit.

is there any way of finding out which ones would fit in the same place as the one I have? I know the serial number of the motherboard.

thanks for your help!

Thread was edited to add model name to the title

Leostat

Generally any in the same laptop line would work as long as the model number is the same, so as long as the first bit matches (an515-45) the last bit (like ah27) wouldn't matter I think 

Most of the time boards would come with images though, so bet to visually confirm this , or throw a question here if you find one you think is good  

tompell

Thanks for the info Leostat.

is there a list of models somewhere? It’s very difficult to find which ones carry the correct size motherboard that will fit mine… or is that asking too much!? 😂

tompell

I just put “AN515-52 mainboard” into Ali express and found this as an option…

https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005002503733667.html?spm=a2g0n.productlist.0.0.6cd127346IlvGE&browser_id=0d69a22548c649939d67443ad846385e&aff_trace_key=4e729fe0e0af475684dea30fe17b9636-1585602450664-00303-_BfgkR3FW&aff_platform=msite&m_page_id=dvb5fm9s5gicau9c17bafc76018d7c5da23c107c48&gclid=&_imgsrc_=ae01.alicdn.com%2Fkf%2FH1970ee2ead9b4417b5b82996341740b8T.jpg_640x640Q90.jpg

Or eBay - a bit more expensive and probably from the same seller…

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LA-F951P-For-Acer-Nitro-5-AN515-AN515-52-laptop-Motherboard-i7-8750H-GTX1050-4G-/324559448068?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

do you think these would be okay? They look very similar…

thanks
tom