Re: did i ruined my bios?

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From: Max Burke (mlvburke_at_%$%#@.nz)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 16:30:41 +1200

> Michael Burk [MSFT] scribbled:
> There is usually also a jumper on the motherboard that you can temporarily
> set to force it to reload the BIOS with all of its default settings. This
> should be in the manual, though if you don't have the manual you can use a
> different computer to find it on the Internet, most have published
> versions out there.

What happens if you have an OEM version of XP that's tied to the OEM ID
string in the bios? Will this make it impossible to reinstall/reactivate
the OEM version of XPS once a bios has been reset to the default factory
settings?

Or does the OEM ID string 'survive' a bios upgrade or reset? 

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