Re: Motherboard Replacement in a Gateway 500X retail desktop and X


"Edric" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:42:35 +0100, "Walter Wall" <wall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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"Edric" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:58:04 +0100, "M.I.5¾"
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"Edric" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:07:28 -0500, Edric <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:19:00 -0700, GLM71
<GLM71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



"Malke" wrote:

GLM71 wrote:

Hi,

I have a Gateway 500X retail desktop that has a non-operational
motherboard. Do I have to get the exact same motherboard(model
number) to
replace it or can I get another Gateway/emachine motherboard with
a
different model number, and be able to re-install/activate Xp?

In order to use the version of XP that came with your computer, you
would
need to replace the motherboard with the exact model it came with.
If
Gateway no longer makes the motherboard and/or won't support that
machine,
you'll need to purchase a retail copy of XP. Possibly you can still
find
one at NewEgg or Amazon. The alternative would be to use a generic
OEM
install disk and use the Product Key on your COA sticker. You will
probably
have to call in for activation. Obviously if you don't have a
generic
OEM
install disk you would need to buy one and at that point you'd be
better
off buying a retail version.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Thanks so much!!!

Congratulations. You just fragmented your own thread. Next time
reply to the original thread, don't start a new one.

Dumbass. Look at the thread again. I wasn't responding to you but
the the person that answered you but started a new thread instead of
posting the reply to the original thread.

Now you've been given two notches in the dumbass stick.


I'm sure he's quaking with fear - NOT!

True. He probably has as much fear of me as I do of YOU...NONE.

Hypocrite.


Obviously you haven't covered what a hypocrite is at school yet as you
clearly have no idea.

AFAICT, MI5 and a bit has never obsessively posted about other people
asking
questions that he deems not to be relevant to the newsgroup. Thus he
cannot
possibly be a hypocrite. It should be obvious to everyone that you merely
ascribe the label in an failed attempt to direct attention away from
yourself.

OK, so that's two times you show ignorance in what a hypocrite is. So
your new title is Idiot.


Once again you prove me correct beyond anything I could possibly do myself.
I know what a hypocrite is. You obviously do not. Since MI5 and a bit has
never posted the crap that you do and actually tries to help people, the
term hypocrite just doesn't apply.

What is it about you that drives you to be such a nasty objectionable piece
of ***? I'll bet all the other boys bully you at school. I can't imagine
why.



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