Both boards are using Asus' UEFI, so I don't expect that to be much of an issue. And the SATA controller won't come into play at all here since it's an NVMe drive.

Yeah, I figured that if the system booted, it would be unhappy and need re-activating. I've done that before with previous versions of Windows, so I have no issues calling MS up. I was more curious...

Hey folks -

Yes, I know this is a silly idea, but bear with me please. My current system is an Asus X99-based Rampage V Extreme board, which I'm about to replace. I was fortunate enough to...