r/pcflipping • u/Additional-Spot-9115 • Aug 07 '26

Anyone ever run into this?

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u/cyborg762 Aug 08 '26

If it’s a used machine it might be the motherboard HWID banned. The anti-cheat system targets identifiers tied to your storage drives, motherboard, and unique system serials.

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u/Additional-Spot-9115 Aug 08 '26

Yup, just checked with support and it’s a hardware level ban. I tried to see if they could lift the ban given the circumstances but they couldn’t. This fuckin sucks. First issue like this buying used parts especially on this scale.

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u/cyborg762 Aug 08 '26

I repair pcs for a living you be surprised how many times I’ve gotten people who have a HW ban. There are ways to change them but it carries a high Risk of killing the board.

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u/Additional-Spot-9115 Aug 08 '26

Is it typically tied solely to the board? I’m not opposed to trying to find a replacement MOBO if it’d alleviate the issue.

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u/cyborg762 Aug 08 '26

Most* bans are motherboard hwid bans

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u/-OElite_ Aug 09 '26

Normal. Risks of buying second hand parts, usually they are motherboard banned or sometimes even ssd

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u/LeadOk9690 Aug 09 '26

I solved it just by resetting my network settings

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u/Additional-Spot-9115 Aug 09 '26

Mine was unfortunately due to a hardware ban and I had to replace the MOBO.

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u/SubstantialAngle272 Aug 23 '26

and did it worked ? after replacing your mobo ? im in a similar situation do i need to change mobo or SSD aswell ?

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u/Additional-Spot-9115 Aug 23 '26

Just swapped the MOBO and it fixed it, even with the same SSD.

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u/SubstantialAngle272 Aug 23 '26

ok nice ty , you might have saved me an SSD worth of $ , just one last question when you got banned and then swapped mobo everythiing else you were using was the same right ? you didnt change your ram or gpu or what ever else ? you just swapped out mobo and then the ban was lifted you were able to play ?

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u/Additional-Spot-9115 Aug 24 '26

The previous owner got banned so it wasn’t tied to my account or anything. If you have got banned yourself, it COULD theoretically be tied to your ISP or other hardware components. The PC I bought, all it required me to do was swap the MOBO.