Gateway and new motherboard

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Cdy291

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So if I put a new mother board in a Gateway current Vista instalation will not work, right? I should be able to use someone elses Vista disk and use the product key on the side of the Gateway though, correct?
 
Most likely not. You have an original OEM machine with an OEM install. You would need to purchase a new install cd with a new key.
 
Cdy291 said:
So if I put a new mother board in a Gateway current Vista instalation will not work, right? I should be able to use someone elses Vista disk and use the product key on the side of the Gateway though, correct?
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Well you can, BUT it will kick in a activation and because of the OEM pin and a non gateway board. And it will fail (probably).

I guess you could call microsoft and tell them a big green monster ran out of the woods and smashed your motherboard and you had to replace it.;)
 
I had XP on a Gateway machine. The motherboard (Foxconn) died. I replaced it with a Gigabite, but KEPT THE SAME CPU. Then, when I started the PC, I had to activate my Windows, so I called them and got the key.

I think that if you keep the same CPU, they shouldn't be any problems.
 
The cpu alone has nothing to do with it. If you change the motherboard it will definately ask to be reactivated. You would need to change the processor and video card for it to ask for reactivation.
 
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