1. Yes the validation tool works fine, I get a number that leads me to WMP11 for Windows XP (great!)
2. Phone activation : human support is closed right now, but ok I'll try that as soon as I can. I also have sent a message to Asus support, I'm waiting for the answer.
3. SLMGR /ato : I get a key but it's not a 5x5 key as it should be (I have retrieved the 5x5 key with other third-party tools), it's an 8-4-4-4-12 key. What should I do with it ?
I don't know which key the service repair used, and I don't know what my original key was. I didn't write it down then, and I did a system restore as soon as a got the PC back (they had restored the system and created a test account anyway, I wanted to
get rid of it).
But as the key is supposed to be stored in the BIOS, and they changed the motherboard, I suppose the Windows key changed too, and they shouldn't have had to use any other key than the one in the BIOS, which WIndows is supposed to fin automatically.