From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Tue Aug 16 2005 - 00:22:50 PDT
I have got the impression that quiet a few packages only truly rely on the
unique ID.
I found most of the packages I use rely on the owner ID.
I would just give it a try.
On the other hand - as long as you can still contact the author, you can ask
fo a new serial, explaining that you have a different logic board...
Cheers
Johannes
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> Subject: [NTLK] Mainboard replacment: Serial Number
> I know the answer to this question already, but I figure that asking
> obvious questions is pretty standard, so why can't I do it too? :)
> I'm about to replace my mainboard due to an audio amp problem. I
> understand that there's a serial number IC somewhere on the mainboard. My
> guess is that is probably a supporting IC with unique ID or some other
> stand-alone read-only unique ID type device. I'm not in the mood to hunt
> it down, desolder tiny surface mount components, and probably do more
> damage than good.
> Has anyone done anything like patch ROM_GetSerialNumber to return a
> different serial number?
> Basically, I don't want to lose some of the software I've registered thats
> hooked to that unique ID. Though I kind of would rather have working
> audio, so I might just bite the bullet and deal with it.
> Take care,
> Jake
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