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From: mike on 9 Jan 2010 12:55
Barry Watzman wrote:
> In terms of product activation, you are right, there is no "identical"
> board. The critical issue in that regard was the MAC address of the
> network interface(s).
>
> But putting that aside (and it may not matter), Dell has offered many of
> their machines with different LCD panels and with different video
> options (some have chipset video, some have dedicated video that may or
> may not be on the motherboard ... some dell laptops have a separate
> video card). In that regard, it's probably best to match what he has to
> insure that it works.

Yep, that's what the service tag number is for.
>
>
> mike wrote:
>> E. F. wrote:
>>> I have DELL Latitude D600 that experiences problems that apparently
>>> can be cured by motherboard replacement only.
>>>
>>> If I to by the replacement motherboard from a 3rd-party source what
>>> parameters I need to match to make sure I'm getting an identical one?
>>> How do I go about obtaining such info?
>>>
>>> Please point me in the right direction.
>>>
>>> TIA, Eugene
>> Depends on your definition of identical.
>>
>> Plug the service tag number into the dell website.
>> You can pull up the factory configuration details.
>> That may give you enough clues.
>> Compare to the info from the donor machine.
>>
>> Bigger question is Why do you need an identical one?
>> If it's so registered software continues to work,
>> there may be no IDENTICAL one. That's the whole idea
>> behind preventing transfer to another machine. Depending on the methods
>> of identifying and locking sw to one machine, you may
>> not be able to do it at all. Some versions of Dell Bios
>> let you change some of the ID parameters, some don't.
>> Then there's the ethernet ID.
>> Might be easier to convince the SW vendor to give you a
>> new license.
>>
>> Can't think of another reason you'd demand identicalness.
From: E. F. on 10 Jan 2010 14:13
Barry,

Though I've done some hardware updates on desktops I'm rather ignarant
about motherboards. Do I have to buy a motherboard with CPU installed
or can I transfer my old CPU to a new motherboard?

TIA, Eugene

===============================================
On Jan 8, 11:10 pm, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOS...(a)neo.rr.com> wrote:
> Basically, you want a motherboard from a D600 as similar to yours as
> possible (preferably identical).  In particular, same screen, same video
> option and likely same CPU.
>
>
>
> E. F. wrote:
> > I have DELL Latitude D600 that experiences problems that apparently
> > can be cured by motherboard replacement only.
>
> > If I to by the replacement motherboard from a 3rd-party source what
> > parameters I need to match to make sure I'm getting an identical one?
> > How do I go about obtaining such info?
>
> > Please point me in the right direction.
>
> > TIA, Eugene- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

From: E. F. on 10 Jan 2010 14:19
Mike,

> Plug the service tag number into the dell website.
> You can pull up the factory configuration details.
> That may give you enough clues.

Will it give me DELL's part number for the motherboard (assuming there
is such thing)?

> Bigger question is Why do you need an identical one?

My main reason was to aoid any possible headaches, including Microsoft
XP problems with hardware changes.

TIA, Eugene

=====================================================
On Jan 8, 11:36 pm, mike <spam...(a)go.com> wrote:
> E. F. wrote:
> > I have DELL Latitude D600 that experiences problems that apparently
> > can be cured by motherboard replacement only.
>
> > If I to by the replacement motherboard from a 3rd-party source what
> > parameters I need to match to make sure I'm getting an identical one?
> > How do I go about obtaining such info?
>
> > Please point me in the right direction.
>
> > TIA, Eugene
>
> Depends on your definition of identical.
>
> Plug the service tag number into the dell website.
> You can pull up the factory configuration details.
> That may give you enough clues.
> Compare to the info from the donor machine.
>
> Bigger question is Why do you need an identical one?
> If it's so registered software continues to work,
> there may be no IDENTICAL one.  That's the whole idea
> behind preventing transfer to another machine.  Depending on the methods
> of identifying and locking sw to one machine, you may
> not be able to do it at all.  Some versions of Dell Bios
> let you change some of the ID parameters, some don't.
> Then there's the ethernet ID.
> Might be easier to convince the SW vendor to give you a
> new license.
>
> Can't think of another reason you'd demand identicalness.

From: Barry Watzman on 10 Jan 2010 16:20
IF it's the same motherboard, you can transfer the CPU. But the
motherboard may very well come with the CPU as well.


E. F. wrote:
> Barry,
>
> Though I've done some hardware updates on desktops I'm rather ignarant
> about motherboards. Do I have to buy a motherboard with CPU installed
> or can I transfer my old CPU to a new motherboard?
>
> TIA, Eugene
>
> ===============================================
> On Jan 8, 11:10 pm, Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOS...(a)neo.rr.com> wrote:
>> Basically, you want a motherboard from a D600 as similar to yours as
>> possible (preferably identical). In particular, same screen, same video
>> option and likely same CPU.
>>
>>
>>
>> E. F. wrote:
>>> I have DELL Latitude D600 that experiences problems that apparently
>>> can be cured by motherboard replacement only.
>>> If I to by the replacement motherboard from a 3rd-party source what
>>> parameters I need to match to make sure I'm getting an identical one?
>>> How do I go about obtaining such info?
>>> Please point me in the right direction.
>>> TIA, Eugene- Hide quoted text -
>> - Show quoted text -
>
From: Barry Watzman on 10 Jan 2010 16:22
It's likely (but not certain) that XP from an actual Dell installation
or restore CD (or partition) is "BIOS locked", and won't do product
activation when installed on a Dell computer. Which, IF it is the case,
avoids the activation issues.

E. F. wrote:
> Mike,
>
>> Plug the service tag number into the dell website.
>> You can pull up the factory configuration details.
>> That may give you enough clues.
>
> Will it give me DELL's part number for the motherboard (assuming there
> is such thing)?
>
>> Bigger question is Why do you need an identical one?
>
> My main reason was to aoid any possible headaches, including Microsoft
> XP problems with hardware changes.
>
> TIA, Eugene
>
> =====================================================
> On Jan 8, 11:36 pm, mike <spam...(a)go.com> wrote:
>> E. F. wrote:
>>> I have DELL Latitude D600 that experiences problems that apparently
>>> can be cured by motherboard replacement only.
>>> If I to by the replacement motherboard from a 3rd-party source what
>>> parameters I need to match to make sure I'm getting an identical one?
>>> How do I go about obtaining such info?
>>> Please point me in the right direction.
>>> TIA, Eugene
>> Depends on your definition of identical.
>>
>> Plug the service tag number into the dell website.
>> You can pull up the factory configuration details.
>> That may give you enough clues.
>> Compare to the info from the donor machine.
>>
>> Bigger question is Why do you need an identical one?
>> If it's so registered software continues to work,
>> there may be no IDENTICAL one. That's the whole idea
>> behind preventing transfer to another machine. Depending on the methods
>> of identifying and locking sw to one machine, you may
>> not be able to do it at all. Some versions of Dell Bios
>> let you change some of the ID parameters, some don't.
>> Then there's the ethernet ID.
>> Might be easier to convince the SW vendor to give you a
>> new license.
>>
>> Can't think of another reason you'd demand identicalness.
>
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