Motherboard failed

[Guest Alan]

Motherboard failed and has to be replaced will my customer have to buy new xp

disk? The extra cost would probably make the repair uneconomical. The current

xp ver is OEM As I understand the copyright all other components are ok to

change HD, CPU, and RAM etc. Am I right?

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: Motherboard failed

 

"Alan" wrote in message

news:9A9A615B-7A2B-4021-A4FC-A3F640C4DB1A@microsoft.com...

> Motherboard failed and has to be replaced will my customer have to

> buy new xp

> disk? The extra cost would probably make the repair uneconomical.

> The current

> xp ver is OEM As I understand the copyright all other components are

> ok to

> change HD, CPU, and RAM etc. Am I right?

 

 

The license does not and cannot legally preclude you from repairing

your computer. The hardware is NOT their property. You aren't

leasing a license from Microsoft for the hardware. When you

reinstall, you will need to activate the license. If there have been

several activations, you may have to call the phone number that the

activation wizard shows you if the activation isn't allowed online.

The EULA only restricts the OEM install to ONE COMPUTER. It doesn't

stipulate what are the components of that computer or that they can

never be replaced.

 

From the EULA.txt file:

 

The term "COMPUTER" as used herein shall mean the HARDWARE, if

the HARDWARE is a single computer system, or shall mean the

computer system with which the HARDWARE operates, if the

HARDWARE is a computer system component.

 

GRANT OF LICENSE. Manufacturer grants you the following

rights, provided you comply with all of the terms and

conditions of this EULA:

* Installation and Use. Except as otherwise expressly

provided in this EULA, you may install, use, access, display

and run only one (1) copy of the SOFTWARE on the COMPUTER.

 

THIS LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED, TRANSFERRED TO OR

USED CONCURRENTLY ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS.

The SOFTWARE is licensed with the COMPUTER as a single

integrated product and may only be used with the COMPUTER.

 

The definition of COMPUTER never stipulates that the constituents of

that COMPUTER cannot be repaired, replaced, or upgraded.

[Guest Alias]

Re: Motherboard failed

 

Alan wrote:

> Motherboard failed and has to be replaced will my customer have to buy new xp

> disk? The extra cost would probably make the repair uneconomical. The current

> xp ver is OEM As I understand the copyright all other components are ok to

> change HD, CPU, and RAM etc. Am I right?

 

If it's a generic OEM, you won't have any problems and be within the

EULA's guidelines (see VanguardLH's post). If it's a branded OEM

"recovery disk" from some lame place like Dell or HP, you're SOL because

it won't work unless the new motherboard comes from them and is

identical to the first one.

 

Alias

[Guest philo]

Re: Motherboard failed

 

 

"Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:9A9A615B-7A2B-4021-A4FC-A3F640C4DB1A@microsoft.com...

> Motherboard failed and has to be replaced will my customer have to buy new

xp

> disk? The extra cost would probably make the repair uneconomical. The

current

> xp ver is OEM As I understand the copyright all other components are ok to

> change HD, CPU, and RAM etc. Am I right?

 

If you get the identical motherboard from the manufacturer of the machine...

you should be able to use the OEM cd. Be sure to have them confirm that of

course.

 

If you were planning on getting some other mobo, then the OEM cd will not

work

[Guest Alan]

Re: Motherboard failed

 

Would it be ok to use a standard OEM disk and the Product ID on the COA of a

Dell or HP manufactured PC?

[Guest philo]

Re: Motherboard failed

 

 

"Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CCF1A2E2-3ED5-477D-8616-BD958FDC0C1B@microsoft.com...

> Would it be ok to use a standard OEM disk and the Product ID on the COA of

a

> Dell or HP manufactured PC?

>

>

 

 

In general, an OEM cd must match the mobo it originally came with

[Guest LVTravel]

Re: Motherboard failed

 

Most of the time, a "branded" PC's key won't work on an

unbranded OEM CD version of the OS. You can try but doubt

it will work.

 

 

"Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CCF1A2E2-3ED5-477D-8616-BD958FDC0C1B@microsoft.com...

> Would it be ok to use a standard OEM disk and the Product

> ID on the COA of a

> Dell or HP manufactured PC?

>

>

[Guest Ken Blake, MVP]

Re: Motherboard failed

 

On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:39:24 -0500, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:

>

> "Alan" <Alan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:CCF1A2E2-3ED5-477D-8616-BD958FDC0C1B@microsoft.com...

> > Would it be ok to use a standard OEM disk and the Product ID on the COA of

> a

> > Dell or HP manufactured PC?

> >

> >

>

>

> In general, an OEM cd must match the mobo it originally came with

 

 

For a branded OEM CD, yes. But when he says "a standard OEM disk," I

assume he means a generic OEM CD, rather than a branded one.

 

If my assumption is correct, yes, Alan, you may do that, as long as

that Product Key is not used, and never has been used, on another

computer.

 

--

Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

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