OMEN PC 870-2XX MOTHERBOARD

[TahmaAhma]

I've had my desktop pc 870-2XX for more than 2 years and recently the motherboard started breaking so i need to know what kind of motherboard can i replace it with?

[TahmaAhma]

i think this is the current motherboard

[itsmyname]

Is this your computer: OMEN by HP 870-270no Desktop PC Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

It seems to have been manufactured in 2017, for use in the Nordic countries.

Even if you find a factory-replacement motherboard, via http://PartSurfer.HP.com your next problem will be that the license to run Windows is linked to your current motherboard.  So, you will need to purchase a new copy of Windows 10, to run on the new motherboard. Paying for a new motherboard and a new license will be expensive.

Sadly, it may be better to purchase a new "ready for Windows 11" computer, and connect your current disk-drive as a secondary disk-drive in the new computer, to let you copy all your personal files (but not your programs) onto the new disk-drive.

[TahmaAhma]

I have some important passwords and files on this pc and i still prefer just channging the motherboard because thats cheaper

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Hello
this may be quite complicated!
You will not easily be able, perhaps not at all, to change the motherboard for another
you should find the same one, or very similar hp model
Once the motherboard is replaced, you may not be able to reinstall the original system.
And as stated, you might have an activation problem
You can still recover data from your hard drive if you replace the computer
I advise you to look for the same motherboard, see the price
sometimes they can be quite expensive
or it can be "revised" models but not always very functional

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/omen-by-hp-870-200/13687063/product-info

[itsmyname]

> Once the motherboard is replaced, you may not be able to reinstall the original system.

Windows 10 is quite "adaptable". Take a disk-drive out of a HP computer, and connect it into another HP computer, and you should be able to boot from the disk-drive. Windows will add any needed device-drivers, and should boot properly. Of course, it will not "activate". But, you should be able to use your saved "passwords", and probably will be able to set new passwords. Then, purchase a new Windows 10 license.

[Prométhée]

I'm talking about the original version if reinstalled with recovery kit, on other model motherboard , but keep going ...