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I want to upgrade my T1140 emachine. I want to put in a new motherboard, DVD
drive and power supply. I had heard that the manufacturer somehow 'imprints'
the OS to the machine so that if you change too many components it will shut
down. The idea was to stop people from using the OS on multiple machines.
Is this possible? I don't want to upgrade and shut down my computer at the
same time. Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Steve said:
I want to upgrade my T1140 emachine. I want to put in a new
motherboard, DVD drive and power supply. I had heard that the
manufacturer somehow 'imprints' the OS to the machine so that if you
change too many components it will shut down. The idea was to stop
people from using the OS on multiple machines. Is this possible? I
don't want to upgrade and shut down my computer at the same time.
Any help would be appreciated.
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You can't upgrade eMachines, you buy a new one. When you change hardware on
an eMachine, you can no longer use the restore media and if the system
doesn't boot with the Mother Board upgrade you won't be able to restore the
system
Move XP to new hardware.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/moving_xp.html

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Michael Stevens

Thanks for your reply. Things seem to be more complicated than I had
imagined. From your website it sounds like it might be possible to put in a
new motherboard but not worth the risk. I gather the restore CD has
settings in it that might not allow it to run on the new system. I have most
of the components to build my own computer. I am wondering now if there is
something on the motherboard that would cause it to not function properly.
Some sort of proprietary settings. I bought the motherboard from a guy who
had upgraded his. Most of the other parts I bought from friends and garage
sales. They all seem to function. Is there a problem with getting an OS and
putting everything together?

Thanks again.
 
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Steve said:
Michael Stevens

Thanks for your reply. Things seem to be more complicated than I had
imagined. From your website it sounds like it might be possible to
put in a new motherboard but not worth the risk. I gather the
restore CD has settings in it that might not allow it to run on the
new system. I have most of the components to build my own computer.
I am wondering now if there is something on the motherboard that
would cause it to not function properly. Some sort of proprietary
settings. I bought the motherboard from a guy who had upgraded his.
Most of the other parts I bought from friends and garage sales. They
all seem to function. Is there a problem with getting an OS and
putting everything together?

Thanks again.
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You will need to purchase XP. You can get the OEM version since you will
need to start clean. I would image the current hard drive before swapping
the MB.
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Thanks again for your reply. I think I am just going to put together a 'new'
computer with the parts I have on hand. The only thing I need is an OS. I
see that Linux has a free version. Any thoughts?
 
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Steve said:
Thanks again for your reply. I think I am just going to put together
a 'new' computer with the parts I have on hand. The only thing I
need is an OS. I see that Linux has a free version. Any thoughts?
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Linux is a very good OS, but there is a big learning curve. Also all you
applications would need to be replaced with versions that may not have all
the features or ease of use you are familiar with. But they are usually free
or if you need to purchase they can be used on multiple systems.
Linspire is an option with a very familiar Windows look, but not free and
still a big learning curve.
If I was in your situation, I would purchase the OEM version your eMachine
shipped with and after imaging the hard drive, I would boot with the
eMachines hard drive accessing the bios to configure necessary settings like
time, date, hard drive detection and the usual default settings. After
accepting the settings, allow the system to reboot and boot into Windows XP.
Hopefully it will boot successfully and take you to an activation screen.
You can then use the Change Key option to input the new OEM key.
See my "I need to change my XP Product KEY" #18 on the FAQ list for
additional options.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#18
 
Michael said:
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Linux is a very good OS, but there is a big learning curve. Also all you
applications would need to be replaced with versions that may not have all
the features or ease of use you are familiar with. But they are usually free
or if you need to purchase they can be used on multiple systems.
Linspire is an option with a very familiar Windows look, but not free and
still a big learning curve.
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Linspire's learning curve isn't as big as you think. I should know
because I have been using it since June 2004, and I found it to be very
easy to use (I think Xandros is easy to use as well). I didn't like the
fact that CNR was $50/year, but when they made the $20 CNR Basic, I
jumped headlong on the bandwagon. I bought my laptop (came with WinXP)
last year, and since last month it's been running Linspire 4.5.603
only. I absolutely love LSongs. And I found a neat Halo-like game
called Legends in the CNR Warehouse...and I will admit to being aFrozen
Bubble addict.
 
Thanks again for your reply. I think I am just going to put together a
'new'
computer with the parts I have on hand. The only thing I need is an OS.
I
see that Linux has a free version. Any thoughts?
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A very wise move. Go for it and enjoy using a powerful and secure operating
system that will run circles around XP.
 
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Linspire's learning curve isn't as big as you think. I should know
because I have been using it since June 2004, and I found it to be
very easy to use (I think Xandros is easy to use as well). I didn't
like the fact that CNR was $50/year, but when they made the $20 CNR
Basic, I jumped headlong on the bandwagon. I bought my laptop (came
with WinXP) last year, and since last month it's been running
Linspire 4.5.603 only. I absolutely love LSongs. And I found a neat
Halo-like game called Legends in the CNR Warehouse...and I will admit
to being aFrozen Bubble addict.
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Depends on the level of the user, but I agree, Linspire is pretty easy to
transition into. Linspire is also as susceptible to user induced problems as
any OS. Most people come to newsgroups for help the first time are clueless
and most of their problems are self inflected. I know that is how I was
baptized into the newsgroup community. Thanks to the bad cop/good cop way
newsgroup peer support works, I got help and found out how to utilize
newsgroups the way they are supposed to work.
Haven't tried Xandros, and I am pi$$ed that CNR is now $20 since I paid the
$50 fee. LOL
Thanks DarthChaosofRSPW for your input.

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=?Utf-8?B?U3RldmU=?= said:
I want to upgrade my T1140 emachine. I want to put in a new motherboard, DVD
drive and power supply. I had heard that the manufacturer somehow 'imprints'
the OS to the machine so that if you change too many components it will shut
down. The idea was to stop people from using the OS on multiple machines.
Is this possible? I don't want to upgrade and shut down my computer at the
same time. Any help would be appreciated.
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If the CD you got is tied to the old mobo then you will have to buy a
new XP CD.
 
Plato said:
If the CD you got is tied to the old mobo then you will have to buy a
new XP CD.
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And if it was "tied" to a Hard Drive, Case and Power Supply, CPU, Memory, or
...?
At the risk of re-igniting this old chestnut, IMHO, throwing away a WinXP CD
in order to buy another, just because someone upgrades their PC, is
bullshit.

BTW, who was < =?Utf-8?B?U3RldmU=?= >
Is it some quirk that Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I)
uses when replying to a poster ?
 
Michael said:
Haven't tried Xandros, and I am pi$$ed that CNR is now $20 since I paid the
$50 fee. LOL
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Actually, you have the CNR which gives you huge discounts on
Click-N-Buy software. I think CNR Gold members get to purchase
StarOffice for $29.95, while non-CNR Gold members have to pay $79.95
for the same software...and there are a few programs that are free for
CNR Gold members but not for CNR Basic members.

Xandros doesn't make a "live distribution" CD of any kind (unless
Linspire, whose Five-0 CD can also be used as a live CD)...all Xandros
offers is the Business Edition ($129.95), Deluxe Edition ($89.95),
Standard Edition ($39.95), and the Open Circulation Edition ($10 to
download the ISO from Xandros' FTP servers, but free over BitTorrent).
I would recommend trying the latest Open Circulation Edition (version
3.0.2) and use that as a test-drive to see what you think of it (3.0.2
OCE has EXCELLENT out-of-the-box support for HSF winmodems...I'm sure
3.0.2 Standard, 3.0.2 Deluxe, and 3.0.2 Business have the same
excellent HSF support...you still need a valid license key from
Linuxant).
 
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