Upgrade motherboard and reinstall windows

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Upgrade motherboard and reinstall windows

#1 Post by fasterbybike » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:46 pm

I'd like to upgrade my T40 mobo to a T42p. When I reinstall Windows, will the COA on the underside of my thinkpad still work ? My understanding is that the licence relates to the actual hardware, so changing the mobo will require a new COA ?
Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.
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#2 Post by ryengineer » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:33 am

Product Recovery disks will still work.
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