# Best place to buy laptop parts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-buy-laptop-parts/554387>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 20, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-buy-laptop-parts/554387 "2010-09-20T12:18:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-buy-laptop-parts/554387/1 "2010-09-20T12:18:38Z")

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I have an IBM T42 thinkpad laptop with a fried inverter card. I know how to replace it, but what I don’t know is a good source for laptop parts, as I’ve never had to buy any before.

What site would you suggest?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-buy-laptop-parts/554387/2 "2010-09-20T14:00:34Z")

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[Newegg](http://www.newegg.com/)  
[Tiger Direct](http://www.tigerdirect.com/)

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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-buy-laptop-parts/554387/3 "2010-09-20T14:57:15Z")

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Ebay!

There’s tons of people gutting old laptops on there for parts. I bought new motherboard off of Ebay for my Fujitsu Notebook, and it was cheap enough to make it worthwhile to replace!

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-buy-laptop-parts/554387/5 "2011-07-13T00:29:58Z")

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