I totally replaced the motherboards and CPUs on two computers. I kept the same drives for each computer. After the changes Windows activated just fine for both computers. Note all version of Windows have local accounts.
Desktop #1
Old setup
MBD: ASUS Prime X370-Pro (AM4)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Drive 1: 2TB XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 NVME SSD (Windows 11 Pro)
Drive 2: 2TB Intel 660p M.2 NVME SSD
New setup:
MBD: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II (AM4)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Drives: no change
Desktop #2
Old setup
MBD: Gigabyte GA-990FXA v1.0 (AM3)
CPU: AMD FX8350
Drive 1: 1TB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" SATA SSD (Windows 10 Pro)
Drive 2: 1TB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" SATA SSD
Drive 3: 1TB Samsung 870 EVO 2.5" SATA SSD (Windows 7 Home)
New setup:
MBD: ASUS Prime X370-Pro (AM4)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Drives: no change
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro 24H2
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (2022)
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon 680M GPU (486MB RAM)
- Memory
- Crucial DDR5-4800 (2400MHz) 32GB (2 x 16GB)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA RTX 3060 Laptop (6GB RAM)
- Sound Card
- n/a
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.6-inch
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 300Hz
- Hard Drives
- 2 x Samsung 990 Evo Plus (2TB M.2 NVME SSD)
- PSU
- n/a
- Mouse
- Wireless Mouse M510
- Internet Speed
- 2000Mbps/300Mbps
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Malwarebytes
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- Operating System
- Windows 11 Pro 24H2
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom build
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming WiFi II
- Memory
- G.SKILL Flare X 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4
- Graphics card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-RTX3060TI-08G-V2-GAMING (RTX 3060-Ti, 8GB RAM)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung S23A300B (23-in LED)
- Screen Resolution
- 1080p 60Hz
- Hard Drives
- 2TB XPG SX8200 Pro (M2. PCIe SSD) || 2TB Intel 660P (M2. PCIe SSD)
- PSU
- Corsair RM750x (750 watts)
- Case
- Cooler Master MasterCase 5
- Cooling
- Scythe Mugen 6
- Mouse
- Logitech M310 (MK540 keyboard/mouse combo)
- Keyboard
- Logitech K520 (MK540 keyboard/mouse combo)
- Internet Speed
- 2000 Mbps down / 300 Mbps up
- Browser
- Firefox, Edge, Chrome
- Antivirus
- Malwarebytes (Premium)
- Other Info
- ASUS Blu-ray Burner BW-16D1HT (SATA) || Western Digital Easystore 20TB USB 3.0 external hard drive used with Acronis True Image 2025 backup software || HP OfficeJet Pro 6975 Printer/Scanner