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I have a Dimension 2350 that I am in the process of upgrading to an aftermarket motherboard because the onboard Intel Extreme Graphics:
Shared RAM slows the computer drastically and
Inferior graphics will not run the most basic children's games.
The motherboard does not have an AGP port which dramatically limits the availability of replacement graphics adapters that can be installed into the computer as it is.
I have found an aftermarket motherboard that not only has an AGP slot, but it contains USB 2.0 support, onboard 10/100 ethernet, sound and it seems to be dimensionally equivalent to the OEM board I am replacing. The problem I may have is with Widows activation. Will I be able to reactivate the Dell OEM XP that came with the computer once it boots and sees the new motherboard or will I have to plead my case to Microsoft over the phone? Has anyone done anything like this? I am interested in hearing about your experiences.
TIA,
Jeff
JRosenfeld
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Posted April 5th, 2004 23:00
If it was OEM installed, it will have been activated. Registration (a different thing) is optional, it just gives your info to MS. Since MS won't help you with problems for an OEM instal, there's little point in registering with them.
jmwills
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Posted April 4th, 2004 15:00