Re: Servie Tag



Tom Scales wrote:
"Alice Skutbucket" <skut@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4401fdd3_1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
William P.N. Smith wrote:
Alice Skutbucket <skut@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Why doesn't my Dell have a service tag?
It's possible that Dell replaced the motherboard and forgot to program
the service tag into the new board, but IIRC you'll get _something_ in
the BIOS, just not the right tag number.

Forget all those other programs, what does the BIOS show?

The BIOS shows service and asset tags as "not installed" - which takes me back to my original question - why don't I have a service tag?
Alice

:Likely the motherboard has been replaced and the tags not set. Or, they were erased.

Most likely reason would be a stolen laptop. Where'd you get it? Reputable seller?

No! (Ebay)
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