Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 11 Pro?


Laptops don't have generic off the shelf motherboards available for them. The motherboard you received as a replacement likely had a product key for Windows stored in firmware.
Not sure about that one since that was a ASUS G74SX-3DE, the replacement motherboard is not a original G74SX-3DE which has a 3D display connector and also a 3D controller connector, it's a modified 2D version with the 3D display connector added but the 3D controller connector is missing but the product key would not be in the firmware because wouldn't that only be only for systems that shipped with Windows 10 and later?
That machine shipped with Windows 7 Home as it's from 2011 got the free upgrade to Windows 10 when it was available. ASUS does not even support Windows 10 on that model, Windows 8 was the latest as seen here:

So the product key is actually on a sticker on the bottom of the machine and not embedded in the BIOS as this doesn't even have a UEFI bios.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows XP/7/8/8.1/10/11, Linux, Android, FreeBSD Unix
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 15 9570
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-8750H 8th Gen Processor 2.2Ghz up to 4.1Ghz
    Motherboard
    Dell XPS 15 9570
    Memory
    32GB using 2x16GB modules
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel UHD 630 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB DDR5
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC3266-CG
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6" 4K Touch UltraHD 3840x2160 made by Sharp
    Screen Resolution
    3840x2160
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba KXG60ZNV1T02 NVMe 1024GB/1TB SSD
    PSU
    Dell XPS 15 9570
    Case
    Dell XPS 15 9570
    Cooling
    Stock
    Keyboard
    Stock
    Mouse
    SwitftPoint ProPoint
    Internet Speed
    Comcast/XFinity 1.44Gbps/42.5Mbps
    Browser
    Microsoft EDGE (Chromium based) & Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender that came with Windows

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