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September 26th, 2017 11:00

R720 Motherboard replacement broke Server 2008 activation

We have a R720 that's out of warranty and it's motherboard failed, so we ordered a replacement direct from Dell. After replacement, Server 2008 lost it's activation. We've tried everything to get it activated again, including re-imaging, but we are unable to get it to go. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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October 4th, 2017 12:00

For anyone else that runs into this, we needed a .pm file from the vendor, which I had to install through the iDRAC. Once this was done, Windows activated automatically. Really wish the vendors or Dell could've told me this two months ago...

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September 27th, 2017 06:00

I receive the following:

Unrecognized option: /ckms

followed by a list of usable slmgr flags. When I run the /ato flags, I get:

Error: Product activation failed. Any other tips?

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October 3rd, 2017 09:00

Speaking with one of our resellers, it sounds like I need to get in contact with the "OEM Queue" department. Any idea how I can reach them? The regular tech support folks are being less than helpful...

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