Motherboard replacement

[bobd1830]

I have a four-year-old HP Pavilion HPE with an i7-3770, 3.4 GHz processor and 8GB of memory, 1.0 TB HDD and triple graphics card. It failed. I am told by a very tech-savvy friend that the motherboard has failed since it doesn't even POST. I have also been told that I must replace the motherboard with an identical one or the system will have to be reloaded. Question: Where can I buy an identical motherboard? At what cost? Is it worth it to do the replacement or should I just trash the whole system? I have already bought a new HP Envy through Costco.

[wb2001]

@bobd1830,

First of all, I  "sliced off"  your inquiry from a stale message.  It made no sense you adding it to that message.  Second, in order to properly assist you, it would helpful to know the exact model number of this HP desktop.

[bobd1830 · Accepted solution]

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@wb2001 wrote:

@bobd1830,

First of all, I  "sliced off"  your inquiry from a stale message.  It made no sense you adding it to that message.  Second, in order to properly assist you, it would helpful to know the exact model number of this HP desktop.

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Dean,  thanks for your reply! I realized my mistake when I "woke up" to what I had done, but didn't quite know how to remedy it -- sorry. The Model # of this PC is: h8-1360t. I have since found out the part # of the motherboard to be: 664040-002. I don't yet know the cost of this part, so I don't yet know if it makes sense to pursue it. Thanks again.