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Changing MB and CPU W7
On 1/7/2012 3:38 PM, Alias wrote:
On 01/07/2012 09:36 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 8:45 AM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 05:08 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 7:47 AM, Ant wrote: On 1/7/2012 2:39 AM PT, Rob typed: If I change the MB and CPU from a 1156 CPU to a 1155 CPU which does involve the MB as well - The current setup is running W7 x64 Ultimate What procedure does one go about this change so as to leave the HDD information intact (like doing a repair install with XP). or do you have to reformat the HDD and start from scratch? Thanks Just do the change and nothing will happen other then maybe a notice to reactivate. Do that and everything will be fine. Al. Thanks Al just done what you mentioned and it all comes back as previous just added the new MB drivers and all looks fine. Saved heaps of time in reinstalling software and activations etc. Activation was not required for W7 Lot easier than XP repair setup. Thanks again ......................... To the other reply All I changed was the MB and CPU. The old MB developed a problem which I traced back to the MB, this occurred after the Power Supply spat the dummy. Since the 1156 MB's are now obsolete, when for a new 1155 MB and CPU lucky it was just the MB and none of the other hardware bits. I have a i5 760 (1156 pin) CPU for sale now Wow, no reactivation. Was this a retail W7? Did you have to delete/clean out old hardwares in Windows' Device Manager? I was wondering that same thing. If the W7 copy was a factory install you may have a surprise coming in a month or so. I doubt Windows 7 Ultimate is a factory install. Even if it's a generic OEM version, it has been proven time and time again that a computer is not defined by upgrading the MB or CPU. Don't know how many times it's been proven, just know that when Acer put a new MB in one of my machines what happened. Every 30 days it would stop working. Told me the license was a 30 day trial and the 30 days was up. if I reinstalled the OS it would start the 30 day clock all over. After a few times of doing that and getting a snow job from Acer I finally just bought a "get genuine" license from MS. Acer put a new motherboard in one of our laptops and that was six months ago and we have had no problems nor been asked to activate again. I would have raised hell with Acer had it been me. Maybe they learned something from their experience with me then. They lost my business for life over the screwing they gave me. Not that they are going to care. We drug this through the weeds for weeks back when this was going on. Some were trying to be helpful, others where offering me insane solutions. Like hire a lawyer and sue MS over the $100.00. I sent the machine back to Acer twice. Both times I had to pay the shipping to them, they paid the return. Each time they would on the phone have me re-install the OS first. This of course worked for 30 days. Then they would give me the RMA to send it back and they obviously did the same thing. Then sent it back. So in 30 days I would be on the phone again and they would start in with the, "lets re-install Windows". After doing this a few times I figured out this was not a solution. It was easy to see they were going to just snow me until the warranty ran out. Calling MS got me no where. They blamed it on Acer and told me I had to have them fix it. Some here told me if I raised hell with MS they would give me a new Key to fix it. I did not feel like spending my life on hold to talk to more of their robots. Took the easy way out and just paid for the new Key and disc. I made it clear to Acer that I would never buy anything they made again and they said "sorry". So maybe they have learned something from the experience. -- Things get better with age. I’m approaching magnificent!! |
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Changing MB and CPU W7
On 8/01/2012 10:57 AM, Alex Clayton wrote:
On 1/7/2012 2:21 PM, Rob wrote: On 8/01/2012 7:36 AM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 8:45 AM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 05:08 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 7:47 AM, Ant wrote: On 1/7/2012 2:39 AM PT, Rob typed: If I change the MB and CPU from a 1156 CPU to a 1155 CPU which does involve the MB as well - The current setup is running W7 x64 Ultimate What procedure does one go about this change so as to leave the HDD information intact (like doing a repair install with XP). or do you have to reformat the HDD and start from scratch? Thanks Just do the change and nothing will happen other then maybe a notice to reactivate. Do that and everything will be fine. Al. Thanks Al just done what you mentioned and it all comes back as previous just added the new MB drivers and all looks fine. Saved heaps of time in reinstalling software and activations etc. Activation was not required for W7 Lot easier than XP repair setup. Thanks again ......................... To the other reply All I changed was the MB and CPU. The old MB developed a problem which I traced back to the MB, this occurred after the Power Supply spat the dummy. Since the 1156 MB's are now obsolete, when for a new 1155 MB and CPU lucky it was just the MB and none of the other hardware bits. I have a i5 760 (1156 pin) CPU for sale now Wow, no reactivation. Was this a retail W7? Did you have to delete/clean out old hardwares in Windows' Device Manager? I was wondering that same thing. If the W7 copy was a factory install you may have a surprise coming in a month or so. I doubt Windows 7 Ultimate is a factory install. Even if it's a generic OEM version, it has been proven time and time again that a computer is not defined by upgrading the MB or CPU. Don't know how many times it's been proven, just know that when Acer put a new MB in one of my machines what happened. Every 30 days it would stop working. Told me the license was a 30 day trial and the 30 days was up. if I reinstalled the OS it would start the 30 day clock all over. After a few times of doing that and getting a snow job from Acer I finally just bought a "get genuine" license from MS. Its a full version of W7 x68 and it says its still activated and genuine. If it does come up in 30 days Ill reactivate it. If by "full version" you mean you have a copy of the OS that you can move to any computer you chose, then you are fine. If by full version you mean you bought the computer and it was already installed, then you may have to re-install it every 30 days, or try to get the manufacturer to make it right with MS. *OEM - must purchase with system order. Cheapest version I can buy. *OEM 32 bit MS Win7 Home Premium /Pro /Ultimate 95 / 127 / 183 *OEM 64 bit MS Win7 Home Premium /Pro /Ultimate 95 / 127 / 183 |
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On 1/7/2012 4:20 PM, Rob wrote:
On 8/01/2012 10:57 AM, Alex Clayton wrote: Its a full version of W7 x68 and it says its still activated and genuine. If it does come up in 30 days Ill reactivate it. If by "full version" you mean you have a copy of the OS that you can move to any computer you chose, then you are fine. If by full version you mean you bought the computer and it was already installed, then you may have to re-install it every 30 days, or try to get the manufacturer to make it right with MS. *OEM - must purchase with system order. Cheapest version I can buy. *OEM 32 bit MS Win7 Home Premium /Pro /Ultimate 95 / 127 / 183 *OEM 64 bit MS Win7 Home Premium /Pro /Ultimate 95 / 127 / 183 If this means you do not have a copy you can move to another computer then you "may" be in for a headache. It's been a while since I went through this but MS considered a new MB as making a new machine. Now if you have a copy of the OS that did not come pre-installed, then it will of course not matter. Of course this may be something that MS has decided to change also. I am sure I was not the only person who got caught up in this, so they may have changed their policy. You will know soon enough. -- To err is human……….. But to blame someone else shows management potential. |
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Changing MB and CPU W7
On 01/08/2012 01:10 AM, Alex Clayton wrote:
On 1/7/2012 3:38 PM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 09:36 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 8:45 AM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 05:08 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 7:47 AM, Ant wrote: On 1/7/2012 2:39 AM PT, Rob typed: If I change the MB and CPU from a 1156 CPU to a 1155 CPU which does involve the MB as well - The current setup is running W7 x64 Ultimate What procedure does one go about this change so as to leave the HDD information intact (like doing a repair install with XP). or do you have to reformat the HDD and start from scratch? Thanks Just do the change and nothing will happen other then maybe a notice to reactivate. Do that and everything will be fine. Al. Thanks Al just done what you mentioned and it all comes back as previous just added the new MB drivers and all looks fine. Saved heaps of time in reinstalling software and activations etc. Activation was not required for W7 Lot easier than XP repair setup. Thanks again ......................... To the other reply All I changed was the MB and CPU. The old MB developed a problem which I traced back to the MB, this occurred after the Power Supply spat the dummy. Since the 1156 MB's are now obsolete, when for a new 1155 MB and CPU lucky it was just the MB and none of the other hardware bits. I have a i5 760 (1156 pin) CPU for sale now Wow, no reactivation. Was this a retail W7? Did you have to delete/clean out old hardwares in Windows' Device Manager? I was wondering that same thing. If the W7 copy was a factory install you may have a surprise coming in a month or so. I doubt Windows 7 Ultimate is a factory install. Even if it's a generic OEM version, it has been proven time and time again that a computer is not defined by upgrading the MB or CPU. Don't know how many times it's been proven, just know that when Acer put a new MB in one of my machines what happened. Every 30 days it would stop working. Told me the license was a 30 day trial and the 30 days was up. if I reinstalled the OS it would start the 30 day clock all over. After a few times of doing that and getting a snow job from Acer I finally just bought a "get genuine" license from MS. Acer put a new motherboard in one of our laptops and that was six months ago and we have had no problems nor been asked to activate again. I would have raised hell with Acer had it been me. Maybe they learned something from their experience with me then. They lost my business for life over the screwing they gave me. Not that they are going to care. We drug this through the weeds for weeks back when this was going on. Some were trying to be helpful, others where offering me insane solutions. Like hire a lawyer and sue MS over the $100.00. I sent the machine back to Acer twice. Both times I had to pay the shipping to them, they paid the return. Each time they would on the phone have me re-install the OS first. This of course worked for 30 days. Then they would give me the RMA to send it back and they obviously did the same thing. Then sent it back. So in 30 days I would be on the phone again and they would start in with the, "lets re-install Windows". After doing this a few times I figured out this was not a solution. It was easy to see they were going to just snow me until the warranty ran out. Calling MS got me no where. They blamed it on Acer and told me I had to have them fix it. Some here told me if I raised hell with MS they would give me a new Key to fix it. I did not feel like spending my life on hold to talk to more of their robots. Took the easy way out and just paid for the new Key and disc. I made it clear to Acer that I would never buy anything they made again and they said "sorry". So maybe they have learned something from the experience. Or multiple experiences. -- Alias |
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On 1/7/2012 7:10 PM, Alex Clayton wrote:
On 1/7/2012 3:38 PM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 09:36 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 8:45 AM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 05:08 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 7:47 AM, Ant wrote: On 1/7/2012 2:39 AM PT, Rob typed: If I change the MB and CPU from a 1156 CPU to a 1155 CPU which does involve the MB as well - The current setup is running W7 x64 Ultimate What procedure does one go about this change so as to leave the HDD information intact (like doing a repair install with XP). or do you have to reformat the HDD and start from scratch? Thanks Just do the change and nothing will happen other then maybe a notice to reactivate. Do that and everything will be fine. Al. Thanks Al just done what you mentioned and it all comes back as previous just added the new MB drivers and all looks fine. Saved heaps of time in reinstalling software and activations etc. Activation was not required for W7 Lot easier than XP repair setup. Thanks again ......................... To the other reply All I changed was the MB and CPU. The old MB developed a problem which I traced back to the MB, this occurred after the Power Supply spat the dummy. Since the 1156 MB's are now obsolete, when for a new 1155 MB and CPU lucky it was just the MB and none of the other hardware bits. I have a i5 760 (1156 pin) CPU for sale now Wow, no reactivation. Was this a retail W7? Did you have to delete/clean out old hardwares in Windows' Device Manager? I was wondering that same thing. If the W7 copy was a factory install you may have a surprise coming in a month or so. I doubt Windows 7 Ultimate is a factory install. Even if it's a generic OEM version, it has been proven time and time again that a computer is not defined by upgrading the MB or CPU. Don't know how many times it's been proven, just know that when Acer put a new MB in one of my machines what happened. Every 30 days it would stop working. Told me the license was a 30 day trial and the 30 days was up. if I reinstalled the OS it would start the 30 day clock all over. After a few times of doing that and getting a snow job from Acer I finally just bought a "get genuine" license from MS. Acer put a new motherboard in one of our laptops and that was six months ago and we have had no problems nor been asked to activate again. I would have raised hell with Acer had it been me. Maybe they learned something from their experience with me then. They lost my business for life over the screwing they gave me. Not that they are going to care. We drug this through the weeds for weeks back when this was going on. Some were trying to be helpful, others where offering me insane solutions. Like hire a lawyer and sue MS over the $100.00. I sent the machine back to Acer twice. Both times I had to pay the shipping to them, they paid the return. Each time they would on the phone have me re-install the OS first. This of course worked for 30 days. Then they would give me the RMA to send it back and they obviously did the same thing. Then sent it back. So in 30 days I would be on the phone again and they would start in with the, "lets re-install Windows". After doing this a few times I figured out this was not a solution. It was easy to see they were going to just snow me until the warranty ran out. Calling MS got me no where. They blamed it on Acer and told me I had to have them fix it. Some here told me if I raised hell with MS they would give me a new Key to fix it. I did not feel like spending my life on hold to talk to more of their robots. Took the easy way out and just paid for the new Key and disc. I made it clear to Acer that I would never buy anything they made again and they said "sorry". So maybe they have learned something from the experience. Sometime back, I had a similar problem with a netbook. After a bunch of phone calls to ACER, they sent a DVD copy of the as installed OPS system. That installed with no problem. The original issue was that the one time make a system backup scheme failed, due to a bad DVD burn. While I had other means of making a backup, it really irritated me that there was no easy way to totally restore the netbook's HD to exactly out of the box configuration without a DVD copy. The netbook in question is also the last XP based system I have. One other system is an odd ball, in that it is used for hardware debugging and general development. The ops system is up for grabs on it - - Windows(Usually 7), Linux, and a couple of others under a virtual machine as needed. The BIOS on that machine is also a customized version. Seems the chipset drivers plus BIOS didn't completely conform to current "standards", causing performance problems with some SSD drives and SATA. It even has a current "high end" MBD, and before mods, the current BIOS. The falling out between Intel and NVIDIA is not helping either. |
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Changing MB and CPU W7
On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:10:54 -0800, Alex Clayton
wrote: On 1/7/2012 3:38 PM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 09:36 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 8:45 AM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 05:08 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 7:47 AM, Ant wrote: On 1/7/2012 2:39 AM PT, Rob typed: If I change the MB and CPU from a 1156 CPU to a 1155 CPU which does involve the MB as well - The current setup is running W7 x64 Ultimate What procedure does one go about this change so as to leave the HDD information intact (like doing a repair install with XP). or do you have to reformat the HDD and start from scratch? Thanks Just do the change and nothing will happen other then maybe a notice to reactivate. Do that and everything will be fine. Al. Thanks Al just done what you mentioned and it all comes back as previous just added the new MB drivers and all looks fine. Saved heaps of time in reinstalling software and activations etc. Activation was not required for W7 Lot easier than XP repair setup. Thanks again ......................... To the other reply All I changed was the MB and CPU. The old MB developed a problem which I traced back to the MB, this occurred after the Power Supply spat the dummy. Since the 1156 MB's are now obsolete, when for a new 1155 MB and CPU lucky it was just the MB and none of the other hardware bits. I have a i5 760 (1156 pin) CPU for sale now Wow, no reactivation. Was this a retail W7? Did you have to delete/clean out old hardwares in Windows' Device Manager? I was wondering that same thing. If the W7 copy was a factory install you may have a surprise coming in a month or so. I doubt Windows 7 Ultimate is a factory install. Even if it's a generic OEM version, it has been proven time and time again that a computer is not defined by upgrading the MB or CPU. Don't know how many times it's been proven, just know that when Acer put a new MB in one of my machines what happened. Every 30 days it would stop working. Told me the license was a 30 day trial and the 30 days was up. if I reinstalled the OS it would start the 30 day clock all over. After a few times of doing that and getting a snow job from Acer I finally just bought a "get genuine" license from MS. Acer put a new motherboard in one of our laptops and that was six months ago and we have had no problems nor been asked to activate again. I would have raised hell with Acer had it been me. Maybe they learned something from their experience with me then. They lost my business for life over the screwing they gave me. Not that they are going to care. We drug this through the weeds for weeks back when this was going on. Some were trying to be helpful, others where offering me insane solutions. Like hire a lawyer and sue MS over the $100.00. I sent the machine back to Acer twice. Both times I had to pay the shipping to them, they paid the return. Each time they would on the phone have me re-install the OS first. This of course worked for 30 days. Then they would give me the RMA to send it back and they obviously did the same thing. Then sent it back. So in 30 days I would be on the phone again and they would start in with the, "lets re-install Windows". After doing this a few times I figured out this was not a solution. It was easy to see they were going to just snow me until the warranty ran out. Calling MS got me no where. They blamed it on Acer and told me I had to have them fix it. Some here told me if I raised hell with MS they would give me a new Key to fix it. I did not feel like spending my life on hold to talk to more of their robots. Took the easy way out and just paid for the new Key and disc. I made it clear to Acer that I would never buy anything they made again and they said "sorry". So maybe they have learned something from the experience. Alex did you get pop-up warnings that you had 30 days and reminders your time was running out? That is very strange as I have never heard of that happening but I always build my own and only use OEM OS reinstalls with the old XP systems I have had for longer then I can recall. Those I have moved to new builds and modified systems with little hassle. I try to stay clear of outlets and outside vendors after finding out what Best Buys does to their laptops before they sell them. Al. |
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On 1/7/2012 4:52 PM, Alias wrote:
On 01/08/2012 01:10 AM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 3:38 PM, Alias wrote: Maybe they learned something from their experience with me then. They lost my business for life over the screwing they gave me. Not that they are going to care. We drug this through the weeds for weeks back when this was going on. Some were trying to be helpful, others where offering me insane solutions. Like hire a lawyer and sue MS over the $100.00. I sent the machine back to Acer twice. Both times I had to pay the shipping to them, they paid the return. Each time they would on the phone have me re-install the OS first. This of course worked for 30 days. Then they would give me the RMA to send it back and they obviously did the same thing. Then sent it back. So in 30 days I would be on the phone again and they would start in with the, "lets re-install Windows". After doing this a few times I figured out this was not a solution. It was easy to see they were going to just snow me until the warranty ran out. Calling MS got me no where. They blamed it on Acer and told me I had to have them fix it. Some here told me if I raised hell with MS they would give me a new Key to fix it. I did not feel like spending my life on hold to talk to more of their robots. Took the easy way out and just paid for the new Key and disc. I made it clear to Acer that I would never buy anything they made again and they said "sorry". So maybe they have learned something from the experience. Or multiple experiences. That was what I was thinking, I am sure I was not the only one this happened to. That machine is made so that the power in port is part of the MB. If it gets damaged or broken the only fix (that will work) is replace the MB. So all of you who no longer have to deal with this owe me a thanks for fixing it. :-) -- "Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks." [Lazarus Long] |
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On 1/8/2012 2:53 AM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:10:54 -0800, Alex wrote: On 1/7/2012 3:38 PM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 09:36 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 8:45 AM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 05:08 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 7:47 AM, Ant wrote: On 1/7/2012 2:39 AM PT, Rob typed: If I change the MB and CPU from a 1156 CPU to a 1155 CPU which does involve the MB as well - The current setup is running W7 x64 Ultimate What procedure does one go about this change so as to leave the HDD information intact (like doing a repair install with XP). or do you have to reformat the HDD and start from scratch? Thanks Just do the change and nothing will happen other then maybe a notice to reactivate. Do that and everything will be fine. Al. Thanks Al just done what you mentioned and it all comes back as previous just added the new MB drivers and all looks fine. Saved heaps of time in reinstalling software and activations etc. Activation was not required for W7 Lot easier than XP repair setup. Thanks again ......................... To the other reply All I changed was the MB and CPU. The old MB developed a problem which I traced back to the MB, this occurred after the Power Supply spat the dummy. Since the 1156 MB's are now obsolete, when for a new 1155 MB and CPU lucky it was just the MB and none of the other hardware bits. I have a i5 760 (1156 pin) CPU for sale now Wow, no reactivation. Was this a retail W7? Did you have to delete/clean out old hardwares in Windows' Device Manager? I was wondering that same thing. If the W7 copy was a factory install you may have a surprise coming in a month or so. I doubt Windows 7 Ultimate is a factory install. Even if it's a generic OEM version, it has been proven time and time again that a computer is not defined by upgrading the MB or CPU. Don't know how many times it's been proven, just know that when Acer put a new MB in one of my machines what happened. Every 30 days it would stop working. Told me the license was a 30 day trial and the 30 days was up. if I reinstalled the OS it would start the 30 day clock all over. After a few times of doing that and getting a snow job from Acer I finally just bought a "get genuine" license from MS. Acer put a new motherboard in one of our laptops and that was six months ago and we have had no problems nor been asked to activate again. I would have raised hell with Acer had it been me. Maybe they learned something from their experience with me then. They lost my business for life over the screwing they gave me. Not that they are going to care. We drug this through the weeds for weeks back when this was going on. Some were trying to be helpful, others where offering me insane solutions. Like hire a lawyer and sue MS over the $100.00. I sent the machine back to Acer twice. Both times I had to pay the shipping to them, they paid the return. Each time they would on the phone have me re-install the OS first. This of course worked for 30 days. Then they would give me the RMA to send it back and they obviously did the same thing. Then sent it back. So in 30 days I would be on the phone again and they would start in with the, "lets re-install Windows". After doing this a few times I figured out this was not a solution. It was easy to see they were going to just snow me until the warranty ran out. Calling MS got me no where. They blamed it on Acer and told me I had to have them fix it. Some here told me if I raised hell with MS they would give me a new Key to fix it. I did not feel like spending my life on hold to talk to more of their robots. Took the easy way out and just paid for the new Key and disc. I made it clear to Acer that I would never buy anything they made again and they said "sorry". So maybe they have learned something from the experience. Alex did you get pop-up warnings that you had 30 days and reminders your time was running out? That is very strange as I have never heard of that happening but I always build my own and only use OEM OS reinstalls with the old XP systems I have had for longer then I can recall. Those I have moved to new builds and modified systems with little hassle. I try to stay clear of outlets and outside vendors after finding out what Best Buys does to their laptops before they sell them. Al. No, everything would be fine until all of a sudden I would get a "Not Genuine copy of Windows, bla bla bla". The machine came from BB, but nothing was wrong until Acer "fixed it". We had been using it for around 6 months. Wife managed to bend the pin in the power port. I figured Acer would not cover something like that so I took it to a shop. They said they would solder in a new port but that it would never hold. Only way to fix it was new MB. I just bought Wife a new machine. Then later sent that one to Acer to see how much it would cost. They got it on a Friday and the next Monday instead of an E-mail with cost, I got one that said they fixed it under warranty and here is the tracking for it coming back. I thought wow, that was cool. I was just using it for school since it was lighter to carry then. After 30 days all the fun started. After sending it back to Acer twice and multiple re-installs I just bought a new key from MS. That machine is now just used to play movies onto our TV. Acer could have fixed this but they chose not to. If they had just told me the truth I would have not really cared. I never expected them to fix the power port free. What really ****ed me off was the way they wasted so much of my time and money stalling after they knew full well what the hell was wrong. -- The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for. Will Rogers |
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On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:53:38 -0800, Alex Clayton
wrote: On 1/8/2012 2:53 AM, Allen Drake wrote: On Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:10:54 -0800, Alex wrote: On 1/7/2012 3:38 PM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 09:36 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 8:45 AM, Alias wrote: On 01/07/2012 05:08 PM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 7:47 AM, Ant wrote: On 1/7/2012 2:39 AM PT, Rob typed: If I change the MB and CPU from a 1156 CPU to a 1155 CPU which does involve the MB as well - The current setup is running W7 x64 Ultimate What procedure does one go about this change so as to leave the HDD information intact (like doing a repair install with XP). or do you have to reformat the HDD and start from scratch? Thanks Just do the change and nothing will happen other then maybe a notice to reactivate. Do that and everything will be fine. Al. Thanks Al just done what you mentioned and it all comes back as previous just added the new MB drivers and all looks fine. Saved heaps of time in reinstalling software and activations etc. Activation was not required for W7 Lot easier than XP repair setup. Thanks again ......................... To the other reply All I changed was the MB and CPU. The old MB developed a problem which I traced back to the MB, this occurred after the Power Supply spat the dummy. Since the 1156 MB's are now obsolete, when for a new 1155 MB and CPU lucky it was just the MB and none of the other hardware bits. I have a i5 760 (1156 pin) CPU for sale now Wow, no reactivation. Was this a retail W7? Did you have to delete/clean out old hardwares in Windows' Device Manager? I was wondering that same thing. If the W7 copy was a factory install you may have a surprise coming in a month or so. I doubt Windows 7 Ultimate is a factory install. Even if it's a generic OEM version, it has been proven time and time again that a computer is not defined by upgrading the MB or CPU. Don't know how many times it's been proven, just know that when Acer put a new MB in one of my machines what happened. Every 30 days it would stop working. Told me the license was a 30 day trial and the 30 days was up. if I reinstalled the OS it would start the 30 day clock all over. After a few times of doing that and getting a snow job from Acer I finally just bought a "get genuine" license from MS. Acer put a new motherboard in one of our laptops and that was six months ago and we have had no problems nor been asked to activate again. I would have raised hell with Acer had it been me. Maybe they learned something from their experience with me then. They lost my business for life over the screwing they gave me. Not that they are going to care. We drug this through the weeds for weeks back when this was going on. Some were trying to be helpful, others where offering me insane solutions. Like hire a lawyer and sue MS over the $100.00. I sent the machine back to Acer twice. Both times I had to pay the shipping to them, they paid the return. Each time they would on the phone have me re-install the OS first. This of course worked for 30 days. Then they would give me the RMA to send it back and they obviously did the same thing. Then sent it back. So in 30 days I would be on the phone again and they would start in with the, "lets re-install Windows". After doing this a few times I figured out this was not a solution. It was easy to see they were going to just snow me until the warranty ran out. Calling MS got me no where. They blamed it on Acer and told me I had to have them fix it. Some here told me if I raised hell with MS they would give me a new Key to fix it. I did not feel like spending my life on hold to talk to more of their robots. Took the easy way out and just paid for the new Key and disc. I made it clear to Acer that I would never buy anything they made again and they said "sorry". So maybe they have learned something from the experience. Alex did you get pop-up warnings that you had 30 days and reminders your time was running out? That is very strange as I have never heard of that happening but I always build my own and only use OEM OS reinstalls with the old XP systems I have had for longer then I can recall. Those I have moved to new builds and modified systems with little hassle. I try to stay clear of outlets and outside vendors after finding out what Best Buys does to their laptops before they sell them. Al. No, everything would be fine until all of a sudden I would get a "Not Genuine copy of Windows, bla bla bla". The machine came from BB, but nothing was wrong until Acer "fixed it". We had been using it for around 6 months. Wife managed to bend the pin in the power port. I figured Acer would not cover something like that so I took it to a shop. They said they would solder in a new port but that it would never hold. Only way to fix it was new MB. I just bought Wife a new machine. Then later sent that one to Acer to see how much it would cost. They got it on a Friday and the next Monday instead of an E-mail with cost, I got one that said they fixed it under warranty and here is the tracking for it coming back. I thought wow, that was cool. I was just using it for school since it was lighter to carry then. After 30 days all the fun started. After sending it back to Acer twice and multiple re-installs I just bought a new key from MS. That machine is now just used to play movies onto our TV. Acer could have fixed this but they chose not to. If they had just told me the truth I would have not really cared. I never expected them to fix the power port free. What really ****ed me off was the way they wasted so much of my time and money stalling after they knew full well what the hell was wrong. That would irritate me to. I guess I am lucky not to have to deal with problems with anything I have purchased so far. The only thing I didn't like about BB is they provided me with a different version of my ASUS G73SW. A special model that is sold only by BB. I found out later that it didn't have everything ASUS had if I bought it from them and maybe other stores like a smaller screen and a different DVD-ROM and a few other stripped out features. I would have done exactly what you did as I hate to be put through the ringer like Acer seems to do. I have read where others have gotten that notice of not having a genuine copy of Windows but I can't remember what the fix was. What do you mean by "all the fun started"? What exactly happened other then the "not genuine" issue? Maybe that wasn't an Acer issue although you did say MS said it was. It seems you are past that now but I still wonder if there could have been a fix that didn't involve Acer. I wonder if I should have a spare key around just for emergencies. After all I have a spare everything else. Spare PSUs, Video cards, computers Al. |
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On 8/01/2012 11:51 AM, Alex Clayton wrote:
On 1/7/2012 4:20 PM, Rob wrote: On 8/01/2012 10:57 AM, Alex Clayton wrote: Its a full version of W7 x68 and it says its still activated and genuine. If it does come up in 30 days Ill reactivate it. If by "full version" you mean you have a copy of the OS that you can move to any computer you chose, then you are fine. If by full version you mean you bought the computer and it was already installed, then you may have to re-install it every 30 days, or try to get the manufacturer to make it right with MS. *OEM - must purchase with system order. Cheapest version I can buy. *OEM 32 bit MS Win7 Home Premium /Pro /Ultimate 95 / 127 / 183 *OEM 64 bit MS Win7 Home Premium /Pro /Ultimate 95 / 127 / 183 If this means you do not have a copy you can move to another computer then you "may" be in for a headache. It's been a while since I went through this but MS considered a new MB as making a new machine. Now if you have a copy of the OS that did not come pre-installed, then it will of course not matter. Of course this may be something that MS has decided to change also. I am sure I was not the only person who got caught up in this, so they may have changed their policy. You will know soon enough. Its still on one machine and it is on the same HDD and in the same box. So what you are saying if a PC requires another MB then I should buy another copy of the system? |
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On 1/8/2012 9:20 AM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:53:38 -0800, Alex wrote: I have read where others have gotten that notice of not having a genuine copy of Windows but I can't remember what the fix was. What do you mean by "all the fun started"? What exactly happened other then the "not genuine" issue? Maybe that wasn't an Acer issue although you did say MS said it was. It seems you are past that now but I still wonder if there could have been a fix that didn't involve Acer. I wonder if I should have a spare key around just for emergencies. After all I have a spare everything else. Spare PSUs, Video cards, computers Al. A couple days after the warning it would not run. It gave some kind of link to "get genuine". It offered several possible solutions. At the time I had no idea what the hell was going on. Fist I called Acer. They had me re-install the OS from the HD. It has a section of the HD to allow this, sets it back to factory. Of course all was working then so I thought that was it. Put all my stuff back in and all was fine. Then 30 days later again same thing. Called Acer they tried to have me re-install. I told them we had been through that. Then they gave me an RMA to send it to them. I paid the shipping. A couple days after they got it they paid to send it back. 30 days later here we go again with the NG. I called, they tried the re-install, I said no, they gave another RMA. Got it back, 30 days later here we go again. Now I followed the links from MS. One option was to pay a C note for a "get genuine kit" which is a new key. I called Acer they refused to pay for this. I called MS they ran the serial numbers, told me it was Acer's fault. Acer wanted me to send it back again. By now I had about had enough. I just paid MS for the new key. some where in all this I was able to find out that the "problem" was MS considers a new MB to be a new machine. If you have a retail install they are not willing to let you move it to a new machine. Now Acer could have of course fixed this, they have a lot more pull with MS than I do. It got to where it was easy to see what Acer was going to do was screw with me until the warranty ran out. I gave up and told them never again would I buy anything they made. It sounds like I was not the only one who had this happen and they have now decided to not screw anyone else over. Like I said if they had just told me at the start that they would replace the MB but I would have to buy the new Key, I would have been fine. It was the way they kept lying and stringing me along that made me really mad. -- If we are what we eat, I’m cheap, fast, and easy. |
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On 1/8/2012 1:14 PM, Rob wrote:
On 8/01/2012 11:51 AM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 4:20 PM, Rob wrote: Its still on one machine and it is on the same HDD and in the same box. So what you are saying if a PC requires another MB then I should buy another copy of the system? If it keeps working then you are golden. When W-7 came out MS was considering a new MB to be a new machine. It sounds like they may have stopped doing this now. You will know in a few weeks. -- Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved. Will Rogers |
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On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:01:29 -0800, Alex Clayton
wrote: On 1/8/2012 1:14 PM, Rob wrote: On 8/01/2012 11:51 AM, Alex Clayton wrote: On 1/7/2012 4:20 PM, Rob wrote: Its still on one machine and it is on the same HDD and in the same box. So what you are saying if a PC requires another MB then I should buy another copy of the system? If it keeps working then you are golden. When W-7 came out MS was considering a new MB to be a new machine. It sounds like they may have stopped doing this now. You will know in a few weeks. I had read long threads some years ago on a Windows group about that issue. It became very heated while an MS MVP insisted a new board constituted a new system. I never agreed on that stance. It seems MS has become very soft on that with Windows XP anyway. I am continually swapping out hardware and have re-activated countless times in the past few months. I don't think MS or anyone would have anything to gain by enforcing such a tight rule. I am sure their support overload has dropped. I can't see many buying more computers then they already are. Al. |
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On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:59:05 -0800, Alex Clayton
wrote: On 1/8/2012 9:20 AM, Allen Drake wrote: On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:53:38 -0800, Alex wrote: I have read where others have gotten that notice of not having a genuine copy of Windows but I can't remember what the fix was. What do you mean by "all the fun started"? What exactly happened other then the "not genuine" issue? Maybe that wasn't an Acer issue although you did say MS said it was. It seems you are past that now but I still wonder if there could have been a fix that didn't involve Acer. I wonder if I should have a spare key around just for emergencies. After all I have a spare everything else. Spare PSUs, Video cards, computers Al. A couple days after the warning it would not run. It gave some kind of link to "get genuine". It offered several possible solutions. At the time I had no idea what the hell was going on. Fist I called Acer. They had me re-install the OS from the HD. It has a section of the HD to allow this, sets it back to factory. Of course all was working then so I thought that was it. Put all my stuff back in and all was fine. Then 30 days later again same thing. Called Acer they tried to have me re-install. I told them we had been through that. Then they gave me an RMA to send it to them. I paid the shipping. A couple days after they got it they paid to send it back. 30 days later here we go again with the NG. I called, they tried the re-install, I said no, they gave another RMA. Got it back, 30 days later here we go again. Now I followed the links from MS. One option was to pay a C note for a "get genuine kit" which is a new key. I called Acer they refused to pay for this. I called MS they ran the serial numbers, told me it was Acer's fault. Acer wanted me to send it back again. By now I had about had enough. I just paid MS for the new key. some where in all this I was able to find out that the "problem" was MS considers a new MB to be a new machine. If you have a retail install they are not willing to let you move it to a new machine. Now Acer could have of course fixed this, they have a lot more pull with MS than I do. It got to where it was easy to see what Acer was going to do was screw with me until the warranty ran out. I gave up and told them never again would I buy anything they made. It sounds like I was not the only one who had this happen and they have now decided to not screw anyone else over. Like I said if they had just told me at the start that they would replace the MB but I would have to buy the new Key, I would have been fine. It was the way they kept lying and stringing me along that made me really mad. That's incredible. This is the number one reason I never buy computers. That and the enjoyment I get from building my own. I knew a guy who claimed be custom built laptops. I have never seen any parts online that would confirm his claim but what happened to you would give me reason to look further. I guess I have been lucky not to have had any problems with any laptops other then one I gave my niece that has just come back dead. Who knows that could be wrong but a crack is something that runs through my mind. I doubt she would ever tell me she had dropped it. I is rather old and heavy. Oh well............. |
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On 1/9/2012 12:59 AM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:59:05 -0800, Alex wrote: A couple days after the warning it would not run. It gave some kind of link to "get genuine". It offered several possible solutions. At the time I had no idea what the hell was going on. Fist I called Acer. They had me re-install the OS from the HD. It has a section of the HD to allow this, sets it back to factory. Of course all was working then so I thought that was it. Put all my stuff back in and all was fine. Then 30 days later again same thing. Called Acer they tried to have me re-install. I told them we had been through that. Then they gave me an RMA to send it to them. I paid the shipping. A couple days after they got it they paid to send it back. 30 days later here we go again with the NG. I called, they tried the re-install, I said no, they gave another RMA. Got it back, 30 days later here we go again. Now I followed the links from MS. One option was to pay a C note for a "get genuine kit" which is a new key. I called Acer they refused to pay for this. I called MS they ran the serial numbers, told me it was Acer's fault. Acer wanted me to send it back again. By now I had about had enough. I just paid MS for the new key. some where in all this I was able to find out that the "problem" was MS considers a new MB to be a new machine. If you have a retail install they are not willing to let you move it to a new machine. Now Acer could have of course fixed this, they have a lot more pull with MS than I do. It got to where it was easy to see what Acer was going to do was screw with me until the warranty ran out. I gave up and told them never again would I buy anything they made. It sounds like I was not the only one who had this happen and they have now decided to not screw anyone else over. Like I said if they had just told me at the start that they would replace the MB but I would have to buy the new Key, I would have been fine. It was the way they kept lying and stringing me along that made me really mad. That's incredible. This is the number one reason I never buy computers. That and the enjoyment I get from building my own. I knew a guy who claimed be custom built laptops. I have never seen any parts online that would confirm his claim but what happened to you would give me reason to look further. I guess I have been lucky not to have had any problems with any laptops other then one I gave my niece that has just come back dead. Who knows that could be wrong but a crack is something that runs through my mind. I doubt she would ever tell me she had dropped it. I is rather old and heavy. Oh well............. I know very little about PC's. I am sure I "could" build one, I just have no desire to learn enough about it. When I need a new desk top or laptop I look for what is on sale in the Sunday ads. If I get a couple years out of them I am happy. Now that I am getting older my eyes are not as good as they used to be. For that reason I like the 17" screen laptops. When I decided to replace my last one all I cared about was the screen size. bought this one because it was on sale and they had one in the store. To buy a builders copy of W-7 last I looked was almost as much as I paid for this machine. As long as I get a couple years out of it and can give it to someone else I am happy. The Acer model I had all the trouble with I bought 2 of. I bought them at a Black Friday sale in 09. One went to Wife, one went to one of our kids. The one the kid had lasted over a year until her cat knocked a container of yogurt on it and smeared it all over the keyboard. I took it to a shop to have checked. They were able to put a new KB in it for less than a C note so we had them do it. She is still using it and it works fine. I figure since I paid about $300.00 for it she has more than gotten the moneys worth out of it. -- If we are what we eat, I’m cheap, fast, and easy. |
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