Hi Neil if it helps at all ~ I managed to replace my friends motherboard over the Christmas period and as long as you know what you want and that it's compatible with all the other "bits" in the case ~ it's actually quite easy. It must be I've done it and I'm not the most confident of people. Anyway I've rattled on enough ~ I'll just go back to being "Clueless of Doncaster". Ange ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spider1957" What would happen though if a person was replacing the motherboard to an upgraded unit? Also, to those of you who have replaced motherboards how difficult of a task do you consider it? I would really like to upgrade my motherboard, I have replaced hard drives as well as memory and other regular tasks would you think you would be out of my reach or would it be possible for the average person to do it? Sincerely Neil -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/