Patent ID: 8286093

Claim:
A configuration system to configure a replacement motherboard, the system comprising one or more subsystems to: detect a power-on of an information handling system (IHS) that includes a replacement motherboard; determine, in response to detecting the power-on of the IHS, that an initial boot of the replacement motherboard is occurring in response to detecting that the replacement motherboard is in a manufacturing mode and that firmware for the replacement motherboard is unlocked; automatically provide, in response to determining that the initial boot of the replacement motherboard is occurring, a menu including a plurality of available configurations that are retrieved from the replacement motherboard and an instruction to retrieve an original motherboard configuration; receive a selection of the original motherboard configuration from the plurality of available configurations for the replacement motherboard; and configure the replacement motherboard using the original motherboard configuration; wherein the one or more subsystems is executed on a processor in the IHS.