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I bought an HP Envy 15j laptop a long time ago. While all the electronic components are still working, part of the chassis was broken, and the replacement parts are expensive and unavailable in my country.

How can I determine if the HDD and RAM will fit in another laptop (I plan on buying an inexpensive second-hand laptop)?

(And don't worry, I know not to buy any kind of portable laptop, which couldn't contain the parts even if I managed to connect them)

user1999728
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For the disk you only need to compare the interface specs : IDE, EIDE, SCSI, SAS, SATA 1/2/3 etc.

RAM compatibility is a much more complicated question. This answer lists most of the metrics involved, probably more than you have available.

You may compare the metrics of your RAM and the motherboard. Motherboards usually accept a range for most of the metrics, as specified in the manual, so an exact match is not always required.

Even if the RAM metrics match, the final test may be just to try and see.

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