Help! Recieved wrong BIOS on replacement ASUS motherboard

[tiggers]

My Wife's laptop motherboard, an ASUS N71JA, rev 2.1, died. (windows 7-64bit installed)
So I found a replacement N71JA, rev 2.1, received it and installed it yesterday.
I got some "windows not genuine" warning messages, and at first thought it because the new boards BIOS was older than the original board. So I started the process of BIOS updating.

That's when I discovered that the new N71JA, rev 2.1 motherboard had been flashed with a N71JQ BIOS (I got the board refurbished on ebay).
I tried the Asus Winflash windows software, and the ASUS BIOS EZ-Flash. But both give me the same checksum error that I am wrong for trying to install N71JA BIOS onto a "N71JQ" board.

How do I force the motherboard to be flashed with the correct BIOS? HELP!

 

[tiggers]

I started the Windows genuine activation process, and when I turned the computer over to look at the windows sticker, saw the manufacturers sticker. It is labeled on the outside computer case as an N71JQ model. Even though the physical motherboard is listed as an N71JA, rev 2.1. I guess this makes sense as all I've read so far is that the N71JA was an i5 series laptop, and the N71JQ was i7 (of which this laptop is configured with). I guess that explains why all the other specs are identical. I don't remember what the old BIOS was, since the motherboard went dead and I never had a need to open it up before then.

 

[nightspydk]

Windows 7 as far as I remember all it takes is a registry fix google or them a$holes get annoied. Even with a licence imagine that.

Hope it helps a bit. (Making...genuine)

 

[Ketchup]

I started the Windows genuine activation process, and when I turned the computer over to look at the windows sticker, saw the manufacturers sticker. It is labeled on the outside computer case as an N71JQ model. Even though the physical motherboard is listed as an N71JA, rev 2.1. I guess this makes sense as all I've read so far is that the N71JA was an i5 series laptop, and the N71JQ was i7 (of which this laptop is configured with). I guess that explains why all the other specs are identical. I don't remember what the old BIOS was, since the motherboard went dead and I never had a need to open it up before then.

That's interesting. Worst case it probably would have just taken a short call to Microsoft to clear it up anyway. I have had to do this when replacing a customer's motherboard with a different model. The girl didn't even hesitate to give me the activation code, so they probably run into these situations quite often.