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I have new computer I built myself. The mobo failed due to ESD supplied by me.
Now I have several new hardware items and an upgraded mobo almost ready to install.
I upgraded the mobo from a Asrock 970 to Asrock 990 because the CPU is 8 core Radeon
8320.
Now my question is, after spending all this $$, I'm looking at my OS which is Windows 8.1 home
64 bit oem. Do I now have to buy a new Windows OS because the copy I have now cannot be reinstalled
due to it's oem gender?
I know the answer but will love to hear some of you comment on this.
If there is some way I could reinstall my Windows like maybe with a phone call to them
this would save me $100 plus shipping, meaning I will have spent upwards of $250 on
operating systems lately, oh I should've got the retail version orginally but I never dreamed
I would be frying the mobo.
Thanks for reading this, sorry for awkward typing, using little tablet due to dead desktop.
Now I have several new hardware items and an upgraded mobo almost ready to install.
I upgraded the mobo from a Asrock 970 to Asrock 990 because the CPU is 8 core Radeon
8320.
Now my question is, after spending all this $$, I'm looking at my OS which is Windows 8.1 home
64 bit oem. Do I now have to buy a new Windows OS because the copy I have now cannot be reinstalled
due to it's oem gender?
I know the answer but will love to hear some of you comment on this.
If there is some way I could reinstall my Windows like maybe with a phone call to them
this would save me $100 plus shipping, meaning I will have spent upwards of $250 on
operating systems lately, oh I should've got the retail version orginally but I never dreamed
I would be frying the mobo.
Thanks for reading this, sorry for awkward typing, using little tablet due to dead desktop.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 64 bit
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home build, Case is Corsair Carbide Spec 02
- CPU
- AMD FX 8320 8 core CPU
- Motherboard
- ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
- Memory
- Team Group Zeus overclockable 16Gb, 4x4Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire Radeon R9 280X x2
- Sound Card
- Several audio adapters
- Monitor(s) Displays
- BenQ 27" x2
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x 1080P
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 850 Evo 500Gb,
WD 1Tb 7200 rpm internal HDD,
WD My Book Essential 1Tb 7200 external backup drive USB 3.0,
Pioneer Electronics Blu Ray Combo Drive.
- PSU
- EVGA 850W B2 Modular
- Case
- Corsair Carbide Spec 02
- Cooling
- Stock AMD downblowing heatsink and fan
- Keyboard
- Steelseries mechanical cherry red keyboard
- Mouse
- Logitech MX518
- Internet Speed
- Comcast Xfinity 100- 150Mps
- Browser
- IE 11, Firefox
- Antivirus
- Norton Security Suite