Soldato
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- 29 Aug 2010
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Hi,
I'm thinking about upgrading to SandyBridge. This will mean a new motherboard and CPU. I bought a pre-built PC that came with Win7 installed.
Now ideally I'd like to re-use this PC and just change the motherboard and CPU over.
Now I understood that OEM licenses were tied to the motherboard and as such wouldn't expect this to work.
I contacted the place I bought the PC from and they said that the license is for the machine so I could re-use the OEM Win7 with the PC after the upgrade.
Is this right?
Thanks.
I'm thinking about upgrading to SandyBridge. This will mean a new motherboard and CPU. I bought a pre-built PC that came with Win7 installed.
Now ideally I'd like to re-use this PC and just change the motherboard and CPU over.
Now I understood that OEM licenses were tied to the motherboard and as such wouldn't expect this to work.
I contacted the place I bought the PC from and they said that the license is for the machine so I could re-use the OEM Win7 with the PC after the upgrade.
Is this right?
Thanks.