I have just fitted a asrock p4vm900 sata 2 motherboard in a hewlitt packade computer that is about 3 years old. when i try and log in i get a message saying "this copy of windows must be activated with microsoft before you can log in........do you want to activate now?" i click yes and after a few seconds the window activation screen appears saying "windows is already activated, click ok to exit" i click ok and after a few seconds the log in screen reappears but every time i try and log in i get the same message as before "this copy of windows must be activ............" and so it goes on in a vicious circle. i have tried shorting pins 5 and 6 on the hdd, but it makes no difference. could you advise on a solution to this problem and also should i leave the jumper on the hdd. only the motherboard in new everything else is the original. Thank you.
The windows that comes from the manufacturer is activated only for the particular hardware(inclusive of motherboard) so if there is any major change in Hardware then you have to get a new copy of the OS so the only way is to format the drive and get a new OS on it
Posted on Dec 04, 2009
If you alter any major hardware, then windows may need to be re activated, when you click the activate button, make sure you are connected to the internet and click activate online and it will do it automatically.
Posted on Nov 29, 2007
One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect your hard drive
Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA
the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them there probably old and faulty
make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty even the electic extensions or just replace them they are probably old and faulty a computer needs its connections to have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error
hope this helps
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Test your PSU or replace it if your power supply units fan is not working your PSU is faulty
One bad lead can cause a computer to continue on a cycle or to shutdown or fail to detect/ boot up a computer hard drive
Test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions,IDE,SATA
the leads from your ((motherboard to your hard drive)) make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them there probably old and faulty
make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd 3 1/2 inch floppy have secure connections and are not faulty even the electrical extensions or just replace them they are probably old and faulty a computer needs its connections to have an end so any faulty leads will end up with a computer error
hope you find this helpfull
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