If it's just the core, can you swap that out? CPU replacement is a lot cheaper than mobo replacement, after all.
If the core is soldered onto the mobo, you're out of luck, of course.
(And I thought my computer trouble today was a pain. A few loose connections is a breeze compared to something that you have to pay money to fix...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
If the core is soldered onto the mobo, you're out of luck, of course.
(And I thought my computer trouble today was a pain. A few loose connections is a breeze compared to something that you have to pay money to fix...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012