Windows 10: Motherboard crashed

Hi MS,

My Son had the misfortune of his ASUS Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 motherboard and CPU crashed and because he moved to another province a couple years ago he can't find the box with the product key for his installed Windows 10 Pro.

When he logs into his MS account on a older backup computer, he can see his system there in the list of devices. Rather than buy a new copy of Windows Pro $250.00cdn to install on the new system he is building, he should be able to use the same key or Digital License because the old motherboard and processor is fried and can no longer be used.

I tested several 'product key finder' programs on my system and none of them will display my original product key I have on my retail box. All they display is a generic key which is no good to install Windows 10 Pro on my Son's new system.

How do my Son go about installing Windows 10 Pro on the new system and be able to use his existing digital license from the crashed system?


Greatly appreciate any help in this matter.


cheers

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all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?

 

all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.

 

Choice of memory and motherboard... a bit stuck...

No one who got some suggestions on this one, huh?

I've found out that the Asus M3A78-T needs to be flashed, so then that motherboard is excluded from my list. Which motherboard and memory should I then go for? Any suggestions?