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My parents computer is running pretty slowly at the moment and an upgrade may be needed. They have a Dell Dimension 5000,
3.0GHz Pentium 4
A strange Intel/Foxconn/Dell board
1GB PC2-3200 DDR2
WD 250GB S ATA
XP Dell OEM
I can continue to use their case, PSU, GPU, HDD and only upgrade CPU, Mobo and RAM. But here is the problem, because they are using a Dell OEM copy of XP which are licensed to work with only one machine, is the OS tied to the motherboard? If I replace the motherboard with a new one, will the OS no longer work even from the HDD?
3.0GHz Pentium 4
A strange Intel/Foxconn/Dell board
1GB PC2-3200 DDR2
WD 250GB S ATA
XP Dell OEM
I can continue to use their case, PSU, GPU, HDD and only upgrade CPU, Mobo and RAM. But here is the problem, because they are using a Dell OEM copy of XP which are licensed to work with only one machine, is the OS tied to the motherboard? If I replace the motherboard with a new one, will the OS no longer work even from the HDD?