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Changing a Motherboard - Win XP Pro
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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 881214" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>Well, Raymond's information appears to have worked - almost.</p><p></p><p>I has a few heartstopping moments when the Optiplex went straight into a Windows Activation screen, and no amount of putting in the official 25 length key would shift it. </p><p>Once in safe mode though, up came the Administrator user name and from there I was able to set up the ethernet drivers from the 'old data' folder, and next time in normal mode the hard drive made contact and everything sprang into life.</p><p></p><p>I've still got a couple of issues with a 'SM bus' warning that will not go away, even after downloading the Dell drivers from the service tag, but so far, so good, no lost data and the screen resolution is way better than before, playing 720p videos with very little stoppage/artefacts.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 881214, member: 175144"] Well, Raymond's information appears to have worked - almost. I has a few heartstopping moments when the Optiplex went straight into a Windows Activation screen, and no amount of putting in the official 25 length key would shift it. Once in safe mode though, up came the Administrator user name and from there I was able to set up the ethernet drivers from the 'old data' folder, and next time in normal mode the hard drive made contact and everything sprang into life. I've still got a couple of issues with a 'SM bus' warning that will not go away, even after downloading the Dell drivers from the service tag, but so far, so good, no lost data and the screen resolution is way better than before, playing 720p videos with very little stoppage/artefacts. Thanks again [/QUOTE]
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