Replacing the motherboard on a Aspire S7

styllen

Where can I purchase a replacement motherboard?

 

Thanks.

laurent_14

Hello,

 

1. Do you use the pre-installed version of Windows?

2. Could you give me the first ten characters of the computer serial number (S/N)? Only the first ten.

styllen

Hi there, 

 

1. I upgraded to Windows 10 back in the fall.

 

2. NXMBKAA002

laurent_14

Hello,

 

1. I upgraded to Windows 10 back in the fall.
   From Windows 8?
2. Is your laptop an US model?

styllen

Hi, 

 

1. I believe it was Windows 8. I purchased in August 2013, so I believe 8.1 was not yet available. Definitely not Windows 7 or earlier. 

 

2. Yes, it's a US model. I live in Canada but I purchased in the US.

laurent_14

Hello,

 

Your motherboard is:

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NB.MBK11.002  MAIN BD.UMA.I7-4500U.MEM.8GB.DDR3L (CPU and memory are directly soldered)

As you use the pre-installed version of Wndows 8 + Windows 10 update, you have to buy this part from your Acer store. They provide US parts without problem. You can contact them by chat or by phone.

 

Microsoft OEM:

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"Generally, an end user can upgrade or replace all of the hardware components on a computer—except the motherboard—and still retain the license for the original Microsoft OEM operating system software. If the motherboard is upgraded or replaced for reasons other than a defect, then a new computer has been created. Microsoft OEM operating system software cannot be transferred to the new computer, and the license of new operating system software is required. If the motherboard is replaced because it is defective, you do not need to acquire a new operating system license for the PC as long as the replacement motherboard is the same make/model or the same manufacturer's replacement/equivalent, as defined by the manufacturer's warranty.

The reason for this licensing rule primarily relates to the Microsoft Software License Terms and the support of the software covered by those terms. The Microsoft Software License Terms are a set of usage rights granted to the end user by the PC manufacturer, and relate only to rights for that software as installed on that particular PC. The system builder is required to support the software on the original PC. Understanding that end users, over time, upgrade their PCs with different components, Microsoft needed to have one base component "left standing" that would still define the original PC. Since the motherboard contains the CPU and is the "heart and soul" of the PC, when the motherboard is replaced (for reasons other than defect) a new PC is essentially created. The original system builder did not manufacture this new PC, and therefore cannot be expected to support it."