Re: machine with null serial number?
Re: machine with null serial number?
- Subject: Re: machine with null serial number?
- From: Mike <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:28:29 -0700
Or it is a prototype machine from Apple that was never a real production
machine but that got out into the wild somehow. When I worked there, all
the prototype machines used to have their serial # (and other firmware
info) missing.
-m
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Kenny Leung wrote:
This is a G5 machine, so it must be new enough. Maybe it has been in for
repairs. Thanks for the tip!
-Kenny
On Mar 28, 2008, at 3:33 PM, Horst Hösel wrote:
Hi All.
I am working on a software licensing system that keys itself to the
serial # of a particular machine. This has been working fine, except
we bumped into a machine with no serial #. It even shows as a blank
on Apple System Profiler. Has anybody bumped into this, or know the
reason why a machine might have no serial #?
Thanks!
-Kenny
Two possible reasons I know of, there might be more!
- The mainboard has been replaced, but someone forgot to 'burn' a
serial number into it. (Seen that a few times)
- The machine is too old (meaning before the first G3 machines,
probably not an issue any more)
HTH,
Horst
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