De-authorising dead computers

Hi, me again!,
In recent months I have upgraged my motherboard once through choice, then once more because a trojan/worm destroyed that one.
Each time I have had to authorise the 'new' pc. As a result I now have 3 pc's authorised but only one pc to work from... stay with me...
How do i de-authorise the previous two (now dead) pc's???
Thanks
Matt.

Try the instructions in this article; if they don't help, use the Deauthorize All function or try submitting this form.
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These are user-to-user forums, you are not talking to Apple here. You should be able to authorise 5 computers, but not more than that - old computers that you haven't deauthorised will count in the 5, and a computer could count for more than one authorisation if you haven't deauthorised it prior to updating or reinstalling the OS on it.
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