T42 mainboard replace, which option ?

[mirobe]

Hello,

My T42 with readon 7500 has died (which is 99% caused by GPU problem).
I would like to avoid reballing, which costs a lot here where I live or buy another
mainboard.

I can choose between 7500 9000 9600 chipsets... Can I just buy any other than 7500 and avoid the GPU reballing problem in the future ?

I've read somewhere that 7500 chipset is the most problematic.

Thanks!

[lukee]

Hello,
you can get also T43/T43p motherboard - it's faster (PCI Express graphics, DDR2 SDRAM, ExpressCard slot etc...) but then you'll have to swap CPU & RAM too. You can get 2GB of DDR2 SDRAM for a few bucks I would forget old ATI 7500 and 9000 graphics, they provides same or worst performance than the newer Intel GMA900 graphics in T43's...