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10-13-2024 04:26 AM - edited 10-13-2024 09:28 AM
You're being pretty stingy with info. What you trying to do?
They're on the labels on the bottom of your original HP workstation's case, in tiny numbers/letters. Sometimes they can be retrieved from the HP PartSurfer if you look your original computer up. The benefit of that is that the alphanumerics are easier to read and get right versus trying to get them perfect from the case labels.
I posted way back on how I did a "tattoo" (aka "to brand") of a Z620 v2 virgin motherboard to replace a blown one. That is an advanced procedure done on a brand new sealed-from-the-factory motherboard so that it matches the original licensing that came with your original workstation's motherboard/case. That won't match the original UUID because those are truly unique. I bought two of those and only branded one because it was such a project. It is easier to simply buy a properly branded used motherboard.
If you have a new ("virgin") motherboard but don't have your original licensed HP case and want to make the motherboard licensed, you're out of luck. However, an unbranded HP motherboard can run without branding it... you just need to buy a proper OS license. An unbranded motherboard cannot run the official HP Recovery software, of course, because it would not be licensed. It can use the HP BIOS upgrades and device install software available from HP or the original source of those devices.