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    Dell Motherboard Swap Out

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by meyers, Dec 2, 2008.

  1. meyers

    meyers Notebook Guru

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    I own a Dell Inspiron 9300. The mother board quit and I have installed a new one. It works great, with one problem. It no longer has the Dell Service code/ serial number programmed in it. It is causing some issues with updates as it can't verify the computer is the correct system for some software. Does anyone know how I can program the correct numbers into the BIOS or OS so it matches again?
     
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    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    Yes please i would like to know this for hp's too so if i replace a motherboard i can change the serial number in the bios.
     
    Tippey764, Dec 2, 2008
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