Intel® Upgrade Service

Attention System Builders new to Intel® Upgrade Service

Opportunity to increase your margins by providing your customers with upgradable platforms:

Sign up and mark your systems as upgradable.
NOTE: NO system builder revenue share is possible without your ID installed on the system during assembly!
You will be eligible for a revenue share from Intel when your customer activates their upgrade in the future.
Click here to see the simple process.

Attention Service Providers new to Intel Upgrade Service

Easy steps to additional revenue and margins:

Request customer login to the Intel Upgrade Service web site.
Using login, download from the Web site the Intel® Upgrade Application (from LHN select "Customer Services" and "Downloads", then select "Intel Upgrade Application"), and use it to check upgradability as well as to activate an upgrade on a target PC.
Purchase an upgrade key from an Authorized Intel® Distributor or Reseller (listed here). This purchase makes you eligible for a revenue share from Intel.
Input the upgrade key on the target computer using the Intel Upgrade Application.
Target computer activates the upgrade through Intel's secure infrastructure and receives upgrade confirmation. Your customer's PC is now ready to support your manageability services.

Down-the-wire upgradable hardware with Intel Upgrade Service

Intel Upgrade Service¹ enables down-the-wire upgrades of PC platform capabilities after the initial hardware sale, offering unprecedented flexibility to resellers, service providers and ISVs. Now your customers have more options with an easy upgrade path for additional features when they are needed.

Increase your ROI with Intel Upgrade Service

System Builders: Make your desktop PCs upgradable and service-friendly now or in the future.

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Break-fix and/or Managed Service Providers: Drive additional premium services business at a lower cost by increasing the number of PCs that have the latest capabilities from Intel. Get multiple chances to make a sale—with upgradable hardware and upgrades.

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See how down-the-wire hardware upgrades work

¹The Intel® Upgrade Service requires the computer system to have an upgrade-enabled BIOS and an Intel® chipset, network hardware and software, as well as connection with a power source and the Internet. The Intel® Upgrade Application must be deployed on the target computer running one of the supported operating systems in order to perform upgrade operations. Use of the upgrade may require configuration by the purchaser. The Intel Upgrade Service is not available in all geographies or on all computer systems. For more information, see your Intel representative or visit http://support.intel.com/support/go/upgradeservice.htm.