vista OEM- but my motherboard died

OpenToSuggestions · 31 Jul 2008 at 20:50

As title. I have business OEM but my motherboard died, and I now have a different brand one (the asus P5Q). I have built the machine and it posts but no hard drives are yet connected....

Will windows even let me log in?? I am asuming it will come up with some liscensing errors now??

Thanks

Burnsy2023 · 31 Jul 2008 at 21:00

It'll ask you to reactivate, in which case explain your situation to the MS CS rep. If they give you any hassle let me know

Burnsy

Tute · 31 Jul 2008 at 21:07

Did this with my F-I90HD and my P5K-VM (yes i've been quite unlucky with failures over the past year).

Phoned Microsoft and they reactivated me fine, although the second time it took 3 phone calls before I got a rep who could understand what I was saying.

PhillyDee · 31 Jul 2008 at 21:38

Burnsy2023 said:
It'll ask you to reactivate, in which case explain your situation to the MS CS rep. If they give you any hassle let me know

Burnsy

And he will laugh at you . . . .

Since your mobo has failed, you should be fine.

OpenToSuggestions · 1 Aug 2008 at 15:57

Will it still allow me the 30day period - as in can I backup all my files if need be??

I only have the code as it was from the univeristy site thing, rather than over the counter buying it.

ticktock · 1 Aug 2008 at 22:22

Happened to me today! Built a new PC for a relative and activated Windows but a while later the Mobo had problems and i had to replace it (Different brand / model). Had to phone up and put in a long list of numbers. All worked ok then!

Burnsy2023 · 1 Aug 2008 at 22:23

mglover070588 said:
Will it still allow me the 30day period - as in can I backup all my files if need be??

I only have the code as it was from the univeristy site thing, rather than over the counter buying it.

It'll probably have a three day grace period. You'll probably need to phone up and explain about your MSDN:AA licence.

Burnsy