HP S3120N. I replaced the motherboar​d, and the power supply, now the recovery discs wont work.

I am a not so proud owner of a HP Pavillion S3120N. I am running windows vista home edition. The motherboard went out, so I replaced it with a Zotac GeForce 8200-ITX Wifi Series. Now the computer says it is noa a valid hp solution, and the recovery discs do not work. is there a way to fix this problem without buying a new operating system?
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Yes, return the Zotac motherboard and get a HP/Compaq OEM M2NC51-AR / HematiteXL-GL8E motherboard. I know that isn't the answer you want to hear but the recovery discs are locked to a specific set of HP/Compaq machines with specific HP OEM motherboards. Outside of that, you will need to purchase a new OS.
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