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[–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

They did a video where they swapped parts from a first generation FW13 with a FW13Pro. There were only two caveats: one, if you want the Pro battery on your older laptop, you have to buy a new bottom panel too because they made the battery bigger for a longer life and it won't fit in the old cover. And two, depending on your architecture, the Wi-Fi modules might not be interchangeable due to some vendor chipset thing, I think?

Everything else was able to be swapped, though, it seemed.

Edit: oh wait, I take it back, the speaker modules. I think they might technically be compatible, but since they're side-firing on the Pro instead of down-firing, you'd need a new bottom chassis if you didn't want them to sound awful.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    They also said you need the new touchpad and top plate to have enough clearance for the battery

    Bottom panel, input panel, battery, and speakers have to be all pro together

    You can put the new input panel on the old bottom panel, though

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    No, I don't think it was bigger on the top, I think it was bigger on the bottom. I'm pretty sure you just needed the bottom cover.

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