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Lenovo M72Z riser adapter and processor upgrade guide

Lenovo M72Z riser adapter and processor upgrade guide

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07-14-2023, 12:52 AM
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I received an old Lenovo AIO M72z for free. I'm trying to build a very cheap but decent pc out of it. My problem is the lack of PCI slots. As seen in the attached picture of the board, there is a riser port that usually connects to 4 USB 2.0 ports, one ethernet port, and a display port. Does anyone know what type of connector that is? On the mobo it only says riser. I was wondering whether I could connect a USB 3 expansion card or even a GPU to it if there was some kind of adapter. I also wanted to upgrade the CPU. The best CPU in the original M72z lineup was an i7 3770s (65 watts), because the original PSU only delivered 125 watts. If I use a 24pin to 14pin adapter to replace the PSU with a 430 watt PSU, would a regular i7 3770 (95 watt) work without any problems or could there be an issue with the bios?
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07-14-2023, 12:52 AM #1

I received an old Lenovo AIO M72z for free. I'm trying to build a very cheap but decent pc out of it. My problem is the lack of PCI slots. As seen in the attached picture of the board, there is a riser port that usually connects to 4 USB 2.0 ports, one ethernet port, and a display port. Does anyone know what type of connector that is? On the mobo it only says riser. I was wondering whether I could connect a USB 3 expansion card or even a GPU to it if there was some kind of adapter. I also wanted to upgrade the CPU. The best CPU in the original M72z lineup was an i7 3770s (65 watts), because the original PSU only delivered 125 watts. If I use a 24pin to 14pin adapter to replace the PSU with a 430 watt PSU, would a regular i7 3770 (95 watt) work without any problems or could there be an issue with the bios?

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