I purchased a Blade 15 a couple of years ago. When I received it, I was having problems with the wireless network adapter. In my arrogance, I felt confident I could fix the problem myself. In hindsight, I should’ve just sent it in for repair under warranty. C'est la vie.

At some point, I managed to shock my motherboard into not responding at all. I’m assuming it was a problem with my static bracelet. Or I was just negligent.

Just a disclaimer going forward: Razer has absolutely no province, responsibility, or etc., to honor my warranty or fix my mistakes. I knew full well that I shouldn’t have been tinkering with the laptop; I simply thought it was a simple problem that I could handle. Again, C'est la vie.

I’m here to ask about how precise a motherboard replacement has to be. I’ve seen results show up on eBay and such that offer the chance to purchase a Razer Blade motherboard but the semantics never aligned or made me feel comfortable in purchasing the replacement. 

How much leeway do I have with motherboard replacement? Do I have to find a motherboard under the “ RZ09-0421x “ or Product # “ RZ09-0421NEC3 ” tag?  Or are there other motherboards I can consider? I’m not too particular about performance and so on as this laptop is a secondary device for my desktop, aside from the occasional trip. 

As a last resort, I’d also be interested in learning to replacing components on the sparked motherboard. I was considering starting with the Voltage Regulators since I have confirmation that the charge from the battery adapter is reaching the motherboard.