Laptop mother manufacturers and part numbers.

[keerthi123]

Dear all,

As we know, for each motherboard schematic there is a part number. I would like to know whether there are more than one computer models are made of same motherboard schematic. Also I am curious whether there is a relationship between similarly of mother board and their naming convention. Also an example Quanta Project ZHS  and Quanta Project ZHT (imaginary) are mostly similar.

If there is such a relationship we can find the next closest schematic when original is not available. Appreciate the opinions of experts here.

[Rasz]

all depends on manufacturer
MSI used to sell only slightly modified designs simultaneously under own brand and oem. They would cut&paste a slot, sound controller, or a southbridge like for example MSI K7D Master (MS-6501) and Tyan Thunder K7 (MS-6502).

[coromonadalix]

For an Alienware laptop i have, there is 3 different mother boards,  i was lucky to have the latest one with raid sata in it, the others ones where in raid  "ide" ports ...

You have the same case but different hardware