mobo break

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my mobo on my dad's pc just broke and he has an oem version! from what i have
heard your oem is bound to your mobo in some way, is there any way to lift
this cos i really dont want to have to buy another oem.
 
You have two options... You could either pay a visit to eBay and see if
you can find the same exact motherboard, which that doesn't even always
work, or you can go ahead and reinstall Windows and at least try to
convince MS to grant you a re-activation. I've seen this happen
successfully many times.
 
Many times a phone call to MS is all that is needed. You can mention
that it is the same brand of motherboard, but a different model #.
 
For your info from Microsoft;

"MPA is included in the Retail and OEM versions of Office XP and in Windows
XP. To complete the activation of these products, users can use any one of
the following methods:.

The MPA-enabled product authenticates over the Internet.

Regional and localized call centers (Microsoft Licensing Clearing Houses)
will handle direct contact with customers. Where available, these call
centers will be toll free."

".However, if a licensed end user needs to activate because the OEM
pre-activation does not work as expected (e.g., after the replacement of a
defective motherboard) they can do so via phone-based activation..".
 
You pretty much just explain to them that your motherboard failed, so
you didn't have much of a choice.
 
my mobo on my dad's pc just broke and he has an oem version!
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OEM that was installed by a PC maker or by himself/you/someone else?

Much of what is said on newsgroups about OEM installations is based on
what is known about PC's manufactured by eg Dell HP etc with OEM
versions.

If a personal system builder calls Microsoft about this problem with
OEM VISTA installed it's anyone's guess as to what they will do.

Apart from buying a new motherboard and a new copy of VISTA you really
do not have a choice other than to call Microsoft's Activation phone
line and tell them the truth -- the board broke (do you mean
physically or it just stopped working or what?) and will they give you
a new KEY to activate it.

If they say No then you are out of luck and have learned the
disadvantage of cut-price shortcuts. I'm not moralizing on this -- I've
used OEM XP myself but the rules were different then.
 
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