new hardware win 10 upgrade

[doestilvoort]

Hello,

 

I have win 10 since the release now, but now 3 of my 4 ram slots are broken it gets in a boot loop and i know its the mobo cuz i tested the ram in a other system.

so now i have orderd i7-6700k, mobo, and new ram and my question is can i use my win 8.1 again key that i bought from reddit ? and upgrade to win 10 again from that key?

[Taswell]

as long as it wasn't a OEM key. 

[Duskie]

you will need to revert back to 8.1 and then re-upgrade to windows 10, I changed out my mobo and windows 7/8 keys don't work for activating windows 10.

[doestilvoort]

you will need to revert back to 8.1 and then re-upgrade to windows 10, I changed out my mobo and windows 7/8 keys don't work for activating windows 10.

 

but if i reformat my ssd so that it hasnt have windows on it, i can just reinstall that key right?

[Duskie]

but if i reformat my ssd so that it hasnt have windows on it, i can just reinstall that key right?

I think so yes, i'm just saying you can't re-activate a windows 10 install with an older key