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Move a DMA card to a new PC or reinstall Windows

What moves with your DMA card and what you redo when you change your main PC or second computer, reinstall Windows, or run more than one card.
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Your firmware lives on the card. It's bound to the card's DNA ID, not to either PC's hardware ID (HWID), and so is your activator key. So when you change a PC or reinstall Windows, the card keeps its firmware and you only redo the parts around it. MiTM is different, because it's tied to your second computer instead of the card.

A new main PC

The card keeps its firmware, so there's nothing to flash again. You only need to check that your build still fits the new PC.

  • Vanguard needs Intel.
    That goes for every build. Private also needs Intel 11th gen or newer. Which builds fit your card has the board and CPU rules for each build.
  • A new msinfo32 report.
    Whether we need one for the new PC: TBD. Tell us in your ticket that your main PC changed, and we'll say if we need it.

Moving the card over:

The card is already flashed, so the new PC can boot into Windows with it in. The rule about never booting Windows with the card in is only for an unflashed card.

A new second computer

Nothing on the card changes. You set the new machine up the same way as the old one:

Your Blurred license is locked to the second computer it runs on, so a new machine needs a reset. Blurred does resets, not us, so open a ticket in Blurred's Discord.

On MiTM, your slot is locked to your second computer. Ask in your ticket before you switch machines and we move your slot to the new one. MiTM firmware has the rest.

Reinstalling Windows

This section is for a normal reinstall with a flashed card. If Windows started with an unflashed card in it, Back up and reinstall Windows is the guide for you.

  • On the main PC.
    Nothing for the card is installed there, and a reinstall doesn't touch the firmware. You don't reflash, and you can leave the card in. If you updated the BIOS too, check Fast Boot is still off, then cold boot.
  • On the second computer.
    Everything on the list under A new second computer goes back on. Whether Blurred sees a fresh Windows on the same machine as a new PC: ask Blurred before you reinstall.

More than one card

Every card has its own DNA ID, so every card gets its own build and its own file, named with that DNA ID. More than one card covers flashing them.

  • Each card in its own main PC.
    Each card keeps its own firmware wherever it goes, the same as moving to a new main PC above.
  • Two cards on one second computer, or two cards in one main PC.
    TBD. Ask in your ticket before you set it up that way.

Done

If the card doesn't show up after a move, DMA card not working goes through it symptom by symptom.

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