mobo + cpu + ram upgrade windows 7 help

brendanL

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i have a Pegatron M2N78-LA + AMD athlon x3 II 440 + 4gb ram (came with a HP computer that i bought 2+ years ago)
and i bought this off ebay to replace them http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/221212681262
but after buying it i read up on the windows 7 install on the new mobo, and i realised that i had a OEM copy of windows 7 that came with the HP computer,
i dont have the money to buy a new copy of windows either, as i spent all the money i could afford on the new parts, is there any possible way to bypass this and use the OEM copy on my new mobo?
(i also upgraded my case a while back to the Antec 300
 
Solution
No, sorry you have to buy the new copy of the windows either win7 or win8.
You can use the old pc then saving money until you have enough to buy the new copy of window.

brendanL

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thanks for the response! but the activation key worked, all i did was called up microsoft and spoke to a REAL person not a computer, they gave me an activation code and it worked :)