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I have a computer that currently has an A7N8X Deluxe board in it. I have
one of those software locking programs that looks for the MAC address of the
network card. My MOBO is definetly on its way out (hanging, crashing, etc)
and I need to put a replacement in.

If I trash this board, then I have to pay a chunk of change to the deadbeats
that lock the software just for them to send me a new config file for the
new MOBO's NIC MAC. Is there a way I can change the MAC on any of the last
A7V or A7N series MOBOs that have the 333 or 400 FSB so that I don't have to
pay these clowns a couple of grand just to change a config file.

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"news.lightship.net" <nojunk_allowed@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:e71a4$42cade2b$d8ccbf04$6352@LIGHTSHIP.NET...
> I have a computer that currently has an A7N8X Deluxe board in it. I have
> one of those software locking programs that looks for the MAC address of
the
> network card. My MOBO is definetly on its way out (hanging, crashing,
etc)
> and I need to put a replacement in.
>
> If I trash this board, then I have to pay a chunk of change to the
deadbeats
> that lock the software just for them to send me a new config file for the
> new MOBO's NIC MAC. Is there a way I can change the MAC on any of the
last
> A7V or A7N series MOBOs that have the 333 or 400 FSB so that I don't have
to
> pay these clowns a couple of grand just to change a config file.
>
>

Try this:

http://www.klcconsulting.net/smac/

It works and I have been using it for years...

--
Phil Davis
247PalmBeachRE.com

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news.lightship.net wrote:
> I have a computer that currently has an A7N8X Deluxe board in it. I
> have one of those software locking programs that looks for the MAC
> address of the network card. My MOBO is definetly on its way out
> (hanging, crashing, etc) and I need to put a replacement in.
>
> If I trash this board, then I have to pay a chunk of change to the
> deadbeats that lock the software just for them to send me a new
> config file for the new MOBO's NIC MAC. Is there a way I can change
> the MAC on any of the last A7V or A7N series MOBOs that have the 333
> or 400 FSB so that I don't have to pay these clowns a couple of grand
> just to change a config file.

For a board based on a nvidia chipset using award bios you can follow
procedure here:

http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/vi [...] 078#127078

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In article <42caf95e$0$18644$14726298@news.sunsite.dk>, "Egil Solberg"
<egilso@hotmail.com> wrote:

> news.lightship.net wrote:
> > I have a computer that currently has an A7N8X Deluxe board in it. I
> > have one of those software locking programs that looks for the MAC
> > address of the network card. My MOBO is definetly on its way out
> > (hanging, crashing, etc) and I need to put a replacement in.
> >
> > If I trash this board, then I have to pay a chunk of change to the
> > deadbeats that lock the software just for them to send me a new
> > config file for the new MOBO's NIC MAC. Is there a way I can change
> > the MAC on any of the last A7V or A7N series MOBOs that have the 333
> > or 400 FSB so that I don't have to pay these clowns a couple of grand
> > just to change a config file.
>
> For a board based on a nvidia chipset using award bios you can follow
> procedure here:
>
> http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/vi [...] 078#127078

There is another thread here, with a couple of pictures.
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=150240

Paul

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You could look at fixing the stability issues with your current system.
It is quite possible it can be fixed at little cost except some time.

"news.lightship.net" <nojunk_allowed@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:e71a4$42cade2b$d8ccbf04$6352@LIGHTSHIP.NET...
>I have a computer that currently has an A7N8X Deluxe board in it. I have
>one of those software locking programs that looks for the MAC address of
>the network card. My MOBO is definetly on its way out (hanging, crashing,
>etc) and I need to put a replacement in.
>
> If I trash this board, then I have to pay a chunk of change to the
> deadbeats that lock the software just for them to send me a new config
> file for the new MOBO's NIC MAC. Is there a way I can change the MAC on
> any of the last A7V or A7N series MOBOs that have the 333 or 400 FSB so
> that I don't have to pay these clowns a couple of grand just to change a
> config file.
>

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