Solved! Take the Mobile CPU and build a Desktop?

[mictian1980]

I have an iBuypower notebook I bought back in July 2009. It has a 2.8GHz CPU of the Intel Core 2 Duo type. The machine is just about dead. I was wondering if I could take out the CPU and make a desktop out of it? Would the CPU fit in the normal motherboards? The notebook was for gaming but my son dropped it a few times so its taken its final drop.

Edit: The CPU is a T9600 model.

 

[WR2]

Hello mictian1980;

Your C2D laptop CPU is probably based on the PBGA479 or PPGA478 socket motherboards.
Depending on exactly what CPU you have installed you might find a motherboard to match.
Such as this Jetway Socket 479 Mini ITX Motherboard for Core2 Duo Mobile CPU $145

 

[WR2]

For comparison you could use that same $145 toward the following:
AMD Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHz CPU $61
MSI 760GM-P33 AM3 AMD 760G Micro ATX $55
Team Elite 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM $40
and get a much better 'bang for your buck'.