So it was my understanding that reactivating was as easy as getting a decently nice rep on the chat support and explaining your mobo died so you could get a new key. Apparently I was very wrong.
Upon explaining how my old PC broke and the mobo was now in the trash, they told me I had a valid CD key that could only be reactivated if I paid for their $99 "support desk program" that would take care of it for me all because it was "out of warranty". I didn't even know a CD key had a warranty on getting fixed?
Luckily I have my old hdd still with win7 installed (installing new version on ssd) and I've read online there's a way to deactivate it if I can boot from that drive somehow?
I understand driver conflictions but I'm only upgrading from an older 2500k to the new i5 z98 chipset. Do you guys know of any safe ways of doing this so I don't have to shell out more money to these jerks?
Upon explaining how my old PC broke and the mobo was now in the trash, they told me I had a valid CD key that could only be reactivated if I paid for their $99 "support desk program" that would take care of it for me all because it was "out of warranty". I didn't even know a CD key had a warranty on getting fixed?
Luckily I have my old hdd still with win7 installed (installing new version on ssd) and I've read online there's a way to deactivate it if I can boot from that drive somehow?
I understand driver conflictions but I'm only upgrading from an older 2500k to the new i5 z98 chipset. Do you guys know of any safe ways of doing this so I don't have to shell out more money to these jerks?