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Recovery Disk of HP,Dell,etc. works with other MOBO's?

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rubiocesar83   11-19-2006 at 08:01:37 AM

The Recovery Disk of manufacturers like Dell,HP,E-Machines,etc.
will work if the original Mother Board is replaced for another of different brand
like Asus,Asrock,Abit,etc?

Thanks.
Cesar Rubio.

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fattony   11-19-2006 at 06:48:11 PM
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i don't believe so, it detects your mobo's serial # before kicking off the installation, kinda gathers a report to see if it'll match its specified original hardware and does a comparison

now if your OEM provided you different hardware, they may be able to also give you another restore CD, but i recommend a retail install anyway

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rubiocesar83   11-19-2006 at 07:42:07 PM
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Do you know if that applies to the CPU too?
If I ex-change the original CPU for other one the machine wont boot?

Thanks.
Cesar.

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Grumpy9117   11-20-2006 at 02:56:13 PM
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No, it only applies to the Mobo.

Grumpy

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fattony   11-21-2006 at 06:02:12 AM
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aye, mobo only, ram, cpu, and possibly other expansion cards and prepherals shouldn't effect it

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