Hello all,
I had a motherboard fail on me. I had done a Windows 10 free upgrade with it. I'm curious what ID Microsoft is using to identify the motherboard. I ended up making a post on reddit. I thought you guys might be more knowledgeable.
Here is my post -
Link to the reddit post.
Thanks for your time
I had a motherboard fail on me. I had done a Windows 10 free upgrade with it. I'm curious what ID Microsoft is using to identify the motherboard. I ended up making a post on reddit. I thought you guys might be more knowledgeable.
Here is my post -
I ended up buying a replacement board off of eBay that is the exact same model and board revision. I installed everything an it boots just fine, so I'm guessing it was the motherboard.
Unfortunately I have Windows 10 Pro installed through the free upgrade and the board I bought has Windows 10 Home associated with it. Does any one know what ID Microsoft is looking at to detect motherboards when they determine what licenses are associated with it? Also where is that ID stored/located on the motherboard? I suspect it's on the BIOS chip. Since the BIOS chips are DIP chips and not soldered on, I could easily swap them.
I think another issue is that I don't sign into windows with a Microsoft Account. Supposedly you can link your Windows 10 upgrades to your Microsoft Account. I might have at one point linked the PC with a Microsoft Account, but I'm not sure.
I know I can contact Microsoft, but that seems easy and I'm curious to understand how they are doing it.
Note these aren't OEM boards with the SLIC key I'm referring to.
Link to the reddit post.
Thanks for your time