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Thread ID: 29307 2003-01-16 09:05:00 Replacing Hewlett Packard Motherboard (Possible)? fiveonefive (1019) Press F1
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114486 2003-01-16 09:05:00 Just wondering if it were possible to replace HP motherboards to 3rd party Equipment. I hear there are many problems surounding swapping them including a "tattoo" in the bios, leeme know if you've done it before and link me to relevant information.

Cheers

William
fiveonefive (1019)
114487 2003-01-16 09:09:00 Probably OK if you dont intend to use the "recovery disk" OS that came with the original one? I believe its "licenced" (and locked) to the motherboard? godfather (25)
114488 2003-01-16 10:21:00 Thanks, I will continue to ask around. fiveonefive (1019)
114489 2003-01-16 19:31:00 Physically it would depend on what model of HP PC you have, some of them have non-standard size or fittings. If so you would just need to buy a new case to house the new motherboard and transfer your drives and cards. crozier (2004)
114490 2003-01-17 08:29:00 You might have to replace the case anyway because the power supply probably won't be powerful enough to run whatever your upgrading to, and HP use non-standard ones so you can't replace them easily. bmason (508)
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