Motherboard failed

[Alan]

Motherboard failed and has to be replaced will my customer have to buy new xp
disk? The extra cost would probably make the repair uneconomical. The current
xp ver is OEM As I understand the copyright all other components are ok to
change HD, CPU, and RAM etc. Am I right?

 

[VanguardLH]

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Motherboard failed and has to be replaced will my customer have to
buy new xp
disk? The extra cost would probably make the repair uneconomical.
The current
xp ver is OEM As I understand the copyright all other components are
ok to
change HD, CPU, and RAM etc. Am I right?

The license does not and cannot legally preclude you from repairing
your computer. The hardware is NOT their property. You aren't
leasing a license from Microsoft for the hardware. When you
reinstall, you will need to activate the license. If there have been
several activations, you may have to call the phone number that the
activation wizard shows you if the activation isn't allowed online.
The EULA only restricts the OEM install to ONE COMPUTER. It doesn't
stipulate what are the components of that computer or that they can
never be replaced.

From the EULA.txt file:

The term "COMPUTER" as used herein shall mean the HARDWARE, if
the HARDWARE is a single computer system, or shall mean the
computer system with which the HARDWARE operates, if the
HARDWARE is a computer system component.

GRANT OF LICENSE. Manufacturer grants you the following
rights, provided you comply with all of the terms and
conditions of this EULA:
* Installation and Use. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in this EULA, you may install, use, access, display
and run only one (1) copy of the SOFTWARE on the COMPUTER.

THIS LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED, TRANSFERRED TO OR
USED CONCURRENTLY ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS.
The SOFTWARE is licensed with the COMPUTER as a single
integrated product and may only be used with the COMPUTER.

The definition of COMPUTER never stipulates that the constituents of
that COMPUTER cannot be repaired, replaced, or upgraded.

 

[Alias]

Motherboard failed and has to be replaced will my customer have to buy new xp
disk? The extra cost would probably make the repair uneconomical. The current
xp ver is OEM As I understand the copyright all other components are ok to
change HD, CPU, and RAM etc. Am I right?

If it's a generic OEM, you won't have any problems and be within the
EULA's guidelines (see VanguardLH's post). If it's a branded OEM
"recovery disk" from some lame place like Dell or HP, you're SOL because
it won't work unless the new motherboard comes from them and is
identical to the first one.

Alias

 

[philo]

Motherboard failed and has to be replaced will my customer have to buy new xp
disk? The extra cost would probably make the repair uneconomical. The current
xp ver is OEM As I understand the copyright all other components are ok to
change HD, CPU, and RAM etc. Am I right?

If you get the identical motherboard from the manufacturer of the machine...
you should be able to use the OEM cd. Be sure to have them confirm that of
course.

If you were planning on getting some other mobo, then the OEM cd will not
work

 

[Alan]

Would it be ok to use a standard OEM disk and the Product ID on the COA of a
Dell or HP manufactured PC?

 

[philo]

Would it be ok to use a standard OEM disk and the Product ID on the COA of a
Dell or HP manufactured PC?

In general, an OEM cd must match the mobo it originally came with

 

[LVTravel]

Most of the time, a "branded" PC's key won't work on an
unbranded OEM CD version of the OS. You can try but doubt
it will work.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

In general, an OEM cd must match the mobo it originally came with

For a branded OEM CD, yes. But when he says "a standard OEM disk," I
assume he means a generic OEM CD, rather than a branded one.

If my assumption is correct, yes, Alan, you may do that, as long as
that Product Key is not used, and never has been used, on another
computer.