MOTHERBOARD Water damage...ASPIRE 5820T series....Model Number: ZR7C (need replacement)

Nobert007

my little baby brother made water fall on my laptop, im looking for a replacement and found 2 links,

I was wondering if could get better advice 

laurent_14

Hello,

 

You'll find a white sticker near the memory sockets. A string of characters is located under the barcode on this one.  It should be starting with MBPTG06001... or MBPYF06001...

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MB.PTG06.001	MAIN BD.UMA.HM55.W/CR.BT.LF
MB.PYF06.001	MAIN BD.UMA.HM55 LF

1. If you use the version pre-installed of Windows, you have to buy the motherboard from your Acer service or their partners.
   About the Microsoft OEM license:
   
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   Microsoft OEM:
   
   "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."
2. If you use a box/full version of Windows, you can buy it anywhere.