Macs without Serial Numbers?
We have three Macs that have lost their serial numbers. Not on the outside, but internally. One is an eMac, the other two older G3 iMacs. Checking System Profile, running an ARD report, or even sending Unix commands still doesn’t return a serial number.
Not having the serial number internally was not a problem until now. With the new system for managing student computers, however, the serial number becomes the computer’s name and chief identifier.
The good news is that there is a fix. Our helpful hardware techs, Brad & Bob, have a program that will reinstall the serial numbers on the logic board. The only downside is that you have to bring the equipment to them.
June 12th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
[…] After a bit of research, I discovered that my spreadsheet didn’t have the serial number anywhere. It wasn’t a case of scrambled spreadsheet or incorrectly merged labels. I wondered that if a computer could forget its serial number (see http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/hochberg_m/2009/05/26/serial-number-imac-emac/ ), could it scramble the serial number? […]
June 16th, 2009 at 9:56 am
[…] Computers that have lost their internal serial number. When you look at System Profiler, these computers do not have serial numbers. They can be replaced by our CIS techs, Brad and Bob. http://blogs.4j.lane.edu/hochberg_m/2009/05/26/serial-number-imac-emac/ […]