On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:22 PM, Tina K. wrote:
On 2010/10/05 18:32, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
I have a Mdd G4 that I want to change the serial number on? can I do
that? and if so, how?
I can't say for sure, but I can tell you this much. My USB 2 iMac
was a refurb that was flashed with bad ROM or something that
prevented the display from waking from sleep. Apple reflashed or
replaced the logic board and assigned a new SN to the machine
physically (a label), but not electronically. I fought with them
tooth & nail trying to get a SN that could be read by the OS, long
story short it still doesn't have one.
I'm pretty sure that it is extremely difficult - impossible to
change the SN, that makes it harder to hide stolen hardware, cheat
on warranty, etc…
Tina
My Mdd was a custom configuration from apple, and the sound port went
kaput on the motherboard, so changing it was needed... I just would
like to have the original SN again:-) ya, nostalgia.... Jeff
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