that sounds a lot like what might have done it. In installing some stuff, some how the power cable for my Gpu came loose, and apparently when I rotated it upright that was enough to jar it out of socket enough short.
I really hope it didn’t kill my Gpu too.
@BeachAV8R, I think you’re safe. Hardware problems might be infectious, but stupidity isn’t
Ah man. That sucks. Since the new server is now up and working…
I still have an iPad!
I’m more pissed at all the reconfiguring and installing this will entail. I doubt win10 is just going to let. A new motherboard pass without comment
It will moan if it is an OEM version (i.e. you got a cheap Win10 license from a hardware vendor). If it’s an upgrade or full version it’ll just need to reactive so Bill can check what you are up to.
That is actually quite worthy of this gif…
Went through this a month or two ago, @near_blind are you on OEM or retail/upgrade?
MS have become much better with this, especially when it comes to hardware failure.
I’ve got a full professional license, not an oem
If you’ve got a licence key then you install and attempt to reactivate, if it doesn’t work use the built in help chat to contact customer service and they will reactivate you.
I just had to explain that I needed to replace my board due to a technical failure, took no more than 10mins…
The HAL will see the new board and attempt to install drivers for it. Be prepared to have the NIC card drivers handy so you can load them and then get it online for any other drivers you need. But it should be fine with hardware being different underneath it when it boots.
Clean the old drivers out using this procedure -
As mentioned earlier - just use the phone method to reactivate Windows.
The annoying part is I’m almost certainly going to buy the same motherboard again: it’s still the best value/price point I can find. So now I’m sitting here debating how much trouble I can get into by not rejiggering the drivers.
I’m betting alot.
If yer doing dat mobo, you better propper clean out that mofo. Dat de troof.
Word to ya bruvver
(what the hell type of speech is that anyway)
A Trinidadian having a stroke? That or Sud Afreeken
With windows 10 you might get away with it. It’s remarkably robust.
The HAL will redetect any hardware changes regardless of what you do. But if you buy the same motherboard you will have far less Windows loading drama at first time start up. It may readjust a few things due the fact that the new MB will probably be a new revision, but otherwise it will probably come right up and you won’t have to bother cleaning anything up.
We replace motherboards in pc’s and servers regularly and when it’s a straight replacement, as it is for us since we deal in HP stuff mostly, its pretty drama free.
Well on a different subject…
Some dirty punk#$$ mofo has been hacking into my accounts.
Started off with a very well done scam email masquerading as an invoice from apple music store. I got suspicious and contacted apple.
I kept receiving them and thought nothing of it, i gave no info.
Then just f’ing now i get an email from steam saying someone on some i.p. address has logged in with my correct login in name and password…
I wish i could find these guys
Had that happen to me once. It started with my Ubi account…then Steam… Fortunately, I didn’t lose any money or any data or anything…but it was aggravating.
Not nice. 
The most important thing to remember with online security is to secure your primary email account.
If you use Google/gmail then use a two-factor security mechanism (either SMS or the Google Authenticator app). They really aren’t that inconvenient (tick the 'remember me for 30 days on this computer etc) and is so important as your email account is basically the key to all your other online accounts. If your main email gets compromised then it’s going to be a bad day, as it is then easy to reset all your other passwords. At the very least have a long and unique passphrase on your email account.
Once you have two-factor on your email then set up Steam guard, Ubisoft etc to verify with your email address you have secured. Steamguard is pretty good and easy to enable.
The most common problem is that people use the same passwords for different sites again and again, so try to resist that. I tend to use https://strongpasswordgenerator.com/ and don’t even bother to try to remember them. I used Chrome browser sync to share the ‘Remember pwd’ option on the various sign-in forms, and then just use my email to reset them to another strong password if I don’t have browser sync set up. For banks and stuff treat them like ‘ring 0’ level and do set up and write down decent pass phrases.
One of the reasons we use HTTPS on these forums is that people sign-in with passwords they might be using all over the place and that a secure connection at least prevents casual sniffing over wi-fi and the like. It’s crazy more forums don’t do this in 2016. We also don’t store passwords here, just mathematical checksums called ‘salted hashes’. They are less tasty than they sound.
Well i thank you for this sites security measures.
Just as an addendum, it looks like the wife has been hacked as well with strange things going on wth an online retailer…
I hate changing all these passwords
Along with what @fearlessfrog said, using LastPass will allow you to have obnoxiously complex passwords without thinking. Two (multi) factor authentication and a password manager will thwart most attacks. If you use Android, Google has a new auth tool that really makes two factor a snap.
Thanks guys…