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Swapping Motherboards with OEM Windows 7

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So, yeah. Just as the title says, I'll be swapping motherboards and processors very soon, like later today soon. Sadly, this computer was a prebuilt originally, I've just upgraded it in some places. I know I should feel bad and whatever else, but back when I bought this PC I wasn't confident enough to build one. Since then I've built my family a computer and it's working just fine, so I guess you could say I made up for it there.

 

Enough of my rambling, I want to know if I'll have to reinstall windows for the new motherboard + processor. I don't really have a spare drive at the moment. I could buy one, but I want to wait until I have enough for a large SSD. So, are there any other options?

█ Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition █ CPU: Intel i7-4790K █ GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 780Ti █ RAM: 8GB AVEXIR DDR3 1600  █ Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD + 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD █


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no, just put in new cpu/mobo attach drives and install new drivers for new mobo.

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it really depends if motherboard using SLIC to active os or not

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no, just put in new cpu/mobo attach drives and install new drivers for new mobo.

I'll probably have to call Microsoft so I can reactivate it, though. Right?

█ Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition █ CPU: Intel i7-4790K █ GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 780Ti █ RAM: 8GB AVEXIR DDR3 1600  █ Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD + 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD █


█ Monitor: 21.5" 1080p 60Hz █ PSU: 700w █ Case: Fractal Define R4 █       ...LTT Dark Theme master race.


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I'll probably have to call Microsoft so I can reactivate it, though. Right?

You know I'm not sure, I forgot about the whole OEM thing, I've done it twice but they were both non-OEM PC's. Idk if it's the same or not with OEM machines.

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You know I'm not sure, I forgot about the whole OEM thing, I've done it twice but they were both non-OEM PC's. Idk if it's the same or not with OEM machines.

Guess I'll just have to try it out and see what happens. If I can't get it reactivated I honestly don't care, though. I'm fine with a black background. And either way I can buy a key somewhere if I want to.

█ Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition █ CPU: Intel i7-4790K █ GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 780Ti █ RAM: 8GB AVEXIR DDR3 1600  █ Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD + 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD █


█ Monitor: 21.5" 1080p 60Hz █ PSU: 700w █ Case: Fractal Define R4 █       ...LTT Dark Theme master race.


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Guess I'll just have to try it out and see what happens. If I can't get it reactivated I honestly don't care, though. I'm fine with a black background. And either way I can buy a key somewhere if I want to.

You should have to make the call to activate. They used to have a "System Builder" option that would allow you to skip that step. OEM windows refers to something else.

 

And my official recommendation is to reinstall Windows after swapping motherboards. Any driver conflict has the potential to cause headaches down the road. You're better safe than sorry, in my opinion. (Not that anything is likely to explode)

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You should have to make the call to activate. They used to have a "System Builder" option that would allow you to skip that step. OEM windows refers to something else.

 

And my official recommendation is to reinstall Windows after swapping motherboards. Any driver conflict has the potential to cause headaches down the road. You're better safe than sorry, in my opinion. (Not that anything is likely to explode)

Yeah, I do agree with you it would be better to just start fresh with a new install of windows. Maybe I'll try to suck it up and splurge on a 500GB SSD.

█ Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition █ CPU: Intel i7-4790K █ GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 780Ti █ RAM: 8GB AVEXIR DDR3 1600  █ Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD + 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD █


█ Monitor: 21.5" 1080p 60Hz █ PSU: 700w █ Case: Fractal Define R4 █       ...LTT Dark Theme master race.


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Yeah, I do agree with you it would be better to just start fresh with a new install of windows. Maybe I'll try to suck it up and splurge on a 500GB SSD.

I'm sure you won't regret it. I think of reformats as standard maintenance on a computer. It's nice to keep things fresh. If you keep a folder with all your necessary (and updated) drivers and get a pack of programs from Ninite, reformats start going very quickly :)

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Is OEM branded or not? Thats biggest issue in that department. Non-branded OEM works as retail. I just recently changed mobo and it reactivated just nice. No phone call was needed.

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I'm sure you won't regret it. I think of reformats as standard maintenance on a computer. It's nice to keep things fresh. If you keep a folder with all your necessary (and updated) drivers and get a pack of programs from Ninite, reformats start going very quickly :)

Well just started it up for the first time with the new motherboard, getting bsod every time. Looks like I need a new installation of Windows. I guess I'll splurge on a SSD.

 

@LoGiCalDrm Yes, it's OEM Branded.

EDIT: Forgot I installed Windows 8 a while ago to try it out, looks like it works. Doesn't solve my problem but at least I can access my computer.

█ Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition █ CPU: Intel i7-4790K █ GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 780Ti █ RAM: 8GB AVEXIR DDR3 1600  █ Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD + 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD █


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Even if you reinstall the OS with that key you will likely have to call M$ to activate the OS, it takes  less than a minute after you get connected .

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Even if you reinstall the OS with that key you will likely have to call M$ to activate the OS, it takes  less than a minute after you get connected .

Well I can't even get into the OS. Tried booting with safe mode as well, but it didn't help. I'm having to use my Windows 8 partition right now.

█ Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition █ CPU: Intel i7-4790K █ GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 780Ti █ RAM: 8GB AVEXIR DDR3 1600  █ Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD + 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD █


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Yes, it's OEM Branded.

EDIT: Forgot I installed Windows 8 a while ago to try it out, looks like it works. Doesn't solve my problem but at least I can access my computer.

 

I meant have yopu bought it as OEM lisence or did it come with made pc (HP,Dell etc.).

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I meant have yopu bought it as OEM lisence or did it come with made pc (HP,Dell etc.).

Came with PC. Opening computer properties shows the manufacturer's branding. 

 

Also, apparently Windows 8 has this "feature" where it will shut off every hour if your version isn't validated... So I decided to just run Ubuntu off a USB stick for now. 

█ Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition █ CPU: Intel i7-4790K █ GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 780Ti █ RAM: 8GB AVEXIR DDR3 1600  █ Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD + 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD █


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Came with PC. Opening computer properties shows the manufacturer's branding. 

 

Also, apparently Windows 8 has this "feature" where it will shut off every hour if your version isn't validated... So I decided to just run Ubuntu off a USB stick for now. 

 

Then you'll may have trouble activating it. I can't say anything for sure with branded ones. But non-branded work fine in different mobos.

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Then you'll may have trouble activating it. I can't say anything for sure with branded ones. But non-branded work fine in different mobos.

Hopefully I can convince Microsoft to allow my key to work again. If not I guess I'll buy one somewhere.

█ Motherboard: MSI Z97S Krait Edition █ CPU: Intel i7-4790K █ GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 780Ti █ RAM: 8GB AVEXIR DDR3 1600  █ Storage: 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD + 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD █


█ Monitor: 21.5" 1080p 60Hz █ PSU: 700w █ Case: Fractal Define R4 █       ...LTT Dark Theme master race.


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I'll probably have to call Microsoft so I can reactivate it, though. Right?

 

 

yes , i've used the automated phone activation for OEM windows over 100 times and never had any issue.

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