Check the manual (if available) on sites like Manuals+ to ensure your CPU is on the compatibility list of the motherboard.

If your 10-year-old motherboard doesn't have Wi-Fi, and you are unsatisfied with the performance of Wi-Fi dongles or add-in cards, it might be yet another sign that you need an upgrade.

Since AM5 motherboards are newer, getting a used one would only be three years old at most, so there wouldn't be as much wear ...

Cool! I love to see ancient things ro be restored. In this case, I’d replace the poor 8088 by a real CPU however, an V20. ;) I mean, if we’re at replacing/fixing the EPROM, anyway..

18 thoughts on “ Another Old ThinkPad Gets A New Motherboard ” Geoffrey Dowen says: May 11, 2025 at 2:18 am I just purchased @ T14 gen 1. Report comment. Reply. The Solutor says: ...

If your current motherboard is several years old, it's quite possible that you won't be able to get a replacement that will suit your old CPU. If that's the case you'll have to replace the CPU as ...

New AMD Ryzen gaming CPUs are coming for your old motherboard, says leak. With new Ryzen 5 5600XT, Ryzen 5 5600, and Ryzen 3 5300G chips, AMD is reportedly continuing support for its seven-year ...

Fairphone (and Qualcomm, and Google) no longer offer up-to-date Android builds for the Fairphone 2, but it’s not clear that you’d want to run Android on this smartphone-turned-into-a-mini PC ...