Please advice with MOTHERBOARD PN

Spring1312
Spring1312 Member Posts: 2 New User
edited March 2023 in 2017 Archives

Hello, 

we need to replace motherboard 

Acer V3-772G-747a8G1TMakk

Could someone advice correct motherboard pn?

Thank you in advance

Answers

  • brummyfan2
    brummyfan2 ACE Posts: 28,077 Trailblazer

    Hi,

    The Part number for your model: NB.M8S11.001

  • Spring1312
    Spring1312 Member Posts: 2 New User

    Thank you very much!

  • laurent_14
    laurent_14 ACE Posts: 10,017 Trailblazer

    Hi brummyfan2,

     

    The part number stated is wrong.

    He owns an Aspire V3-772G-747a8G1TMakk: Acer specifications. As you can see, it was shipped with Nvidia Geforce GT 750M (N14P-GT) - 4Gb and not with Nvidia Geforce GTX 760M (N14E-GL) so:

    Spoiler
    Part numberDescription
    NB.M7411.001MAIN BD.N14PGT.4GB (the right one)
    NB.M8S11.001MAIN BD.N14EGL.2GB

     

    Hi Spring1312,

     

    If you use the pre-installed version of Windows, you have to buy the motherboard from an Acer partner.

    About the Windows OEM license key:

    Spoiler
    "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."
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