Upgrading CPU/RAM require Re-activation?

[Thomas Mok]

I have Windows XP Pro (OEM version) running on a PC that
I built a while ago. The motherboard is an ASUS A7v266-
E. I am now considering upgrading the AMD Athlon XP
1900+ to the new AMD Mobile Athlon 2500+. While I am at
it, I want to replace all of the DDR PC2100 memory
modules to the faster PC3500 modules. I won't be
changing any other components.

Will the two changes that I mentioned above trigger a re-
activation of XP Pro? If it does, do you think whether
this can be done online, as opposed to having to make a
phone call to the support people?

I also heard that Microsoft does not allow the OEM
version of XP to be re-activated if the CPU and
Motherboard are changed at the same time. I think they
consider the OS should go with one machine only, and
changing the CPU and motherboard at the same time
constitutes a different machine. Does this restriction
apply to me if I am only changing the CPU and memory, but
not the motherboard?

I hate to buy the new components just to find out
afterward I cannot use the OS. It will be nice to know
before I made the upgrades.

Thanks.

Tom

 

[Guest]

You can upgrade all hardware with xp on one computer,xp requires reactivatio
usually after many reinstalls were made then an unusually large hardware replacemen
done on same computer,motherboard w/ processor etc...With oem microsoft,the onl
limitation is the motherboard,switch to a diffrent board youre recovery disks wont work
Actually useing the call-in nos to microsoft if you ever reach that point is alot easier/faster
they'll read you a nos within a few minutes.