

#CHANGE MOTHERBOARD WITH WINDOWS IN IT UPGRADE#
Even with OEM licenses that are not in BIOS, you can change the mobo on failure, but I assume that you can't upgrade CPU at the same time, as it would constitute as "different machine". If you buy a computer with preinstalled key in BIOS and change the mobo with the same one, than you're OK, as far as I know. Qestion is what is a "different machine". The problem arises when there were significant changes in hardware, like changing RAM, CPU and Mobo, then Windows will probably not activate automatically, but you still can. You can change HDD and you can change RAM. ASUS has released BIOS updates for over two hundred motherboard models to automatically enable the built-in TPM 2. Preinstalled key is this days written in BIOS, but that does not mean it's tied to it. At the right pane, double click Start and change its value from whatever to 0. HKEYLOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\msahci. Within Registry Editor, navigate to the following key. Press Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog box, type regedit and then press Enter. If you built this computer yourself, you are classified as the OEM. Step : modify Registry and change motherboard 1.

This is the only circumstance where an OEM license is allowed to transferred to new hardware. OEM license is tied to the whole system and not only motherboard or disk. The Windows OEM licensing system permits the OEM to replace a defective motherboard with an identical model without re-licensing.
