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remove dell service tag from the bios

post #1 of 37
4/19/05 at 5:40am
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Say for some reason you wanted to remove the dell service tag from the bios, how would one go about doing this.


and before you go off on me about why i would want to do that, its not me its for a friend of mine. seriosly.
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post #2 of 37
4/19/05 at 5:57am
Why do your friend want to do that?
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post #3 of 37
4/19/05 at 7:32am
http://images.lunarpages.com/uxga/dos/usb/svctag.exe

The DOS utility SVCTAG v3.4 can be used to change/remove the service tag.
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post #4 of 37
4/19/05 at 7:44am
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thanks bro
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post #5 of 37
4/19/05 at 12:51pm
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Originally Posted by neeros
Say for some reason you wanted to remove the dell service tag from the bios, how would one go about doing this.


and before you go off on me about why i would want to do that, its not me its for a friend of mine. seriosly.
My mind is thinking of all kinds of reasons you would want to remove a service tag, and none of them are legitimate..

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post #6 of 37
4/19/05 at 1:39pm
Seriously, the only reason that immediately comes to mind is that it's stolen.
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post #7 of 37
4/19/05 at 2:44pm
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Originally Posted by Vally
Seriously, the only reason that immediately comes to mind is that it's stolen.
eithe that or there are two identical systems, one with warranty and one without and he is trying to get free warranty

either way, I can't see a legit reason
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post #8 of 37
4/19/05 at 3:18pm
Do I hear the sound of police sirens and neeros screaming like a little girl as he is beaten to a bloody pulp by the blue-men group hired by Dell to find and utterly humilate people who try to take advantage of them?
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post #9 of 37
4/19/05 at 3:20pm
blue-men are from IBM...dell sends gremlins...well delfs
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post #10 of 37
4/19/05 at 3:22pm
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Originally Posted by laffingbilly
blue-men are from IBM...dell sends gremlins...well delfs
I've done something bad then, send the Delf!!
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post #11 of 37
4/19/05 at 3:35pm
in these kinds of cases, they do not send the female christmas delf (sorry to say you aren't going to get a little spanking from her and that little pouty no-no look she gives when you did not win anything)...they send some hairy male delf
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post #12 of 37
4/19/05 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by laffingbilly
in these kinds of cases, they do not send the female christmas delf (sorry to say you aren't going to get a little spanking from her and that little pouty no-no look she gives when you did not win anything)...they send some hairy male delf
yeah the female delf is more of anti-punishment

the big hairy male delf however has been in prison for the last eight years and was just released! He made lots of people his bitch while in prison better watch out neccos!
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post #13 of 37
4/19/05 at 4:58pm
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He Buaght a new mobo on ebay, but it has someother lappys service tag in it, now wants to change it to match the system.
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post #14 of 37
4/19/05 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by neeros
He Buaght a new mobo on ebay, but it has someother lappys service tag in it, now wants to change it to match the system.
Plausible explanation...I'd buy it.
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post #15 of 37
4/19/05 at 5:12pm
Won't simply taking out the bios battery erase the tag (and the bios conifg) ?
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post #16 of 37
4/19/05 at 5:15pm
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Originally Posted by mich43L
Won't simply taking out the bios battery erase the tag (and the bios conifg) ?
Nope, the service tag info along with the BIOS password are kept in NVRAM and the only way to erase the tag would be through the use of the SVCTAG utility.
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post #17 of 37
4/19/05 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by somms
Nope, the service tag info along with the BIOS password are kept in NVRAM and the only way to erase the tag would be through the use of the SVCTAG utility.
Thanks.

When I got my mobo exchanged, the service tag wasn't there. I guess I can create my own now.
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post #18 of 37
4/19/05 at 5:24pm
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Originally Posted by mich43L
Thanks.

When I got my mobo exchanged, the service tag wasn't there. I guess I can create my own now.
You may want to take a look at the readme concerning system boards that currently aren't programmed with a service tag.

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What does this utility do? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This utility is used to re-program the system service tag on certain Dell Portable systems. The utility may only work on systems which already have a service tag programmed. If no service tag currently exists, the utility may return an error message and fail. To program the service tag on a system that does not already have one: - For Value-line systems: Run EE-Value.exe /S=XXXXXXX, where XXXXXXX is alphanumeric and all letters are capitalized. - For SmartStep/Smart PC 200N/250N: Run STAG_W1.EXE /W XXXXXXX, where XXXXXXX is alphanumeric and all letters are capitalized. - For Molokai: Run SERTAG.exe /W XXXXXX, where XXXXXX is alphanumeric and all letters are capitalized. - For all other systems: Run ASSET.COM /S XXXXXXX, where XXXXXXX is the new service tag.
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post #19 of 37
4/19/05 at 6:05pm
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See my "questionable" post helped ppl
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post #20 of 37
4/19/05 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by neeros
He Buaght a new mobo on ebay, but it has someother lappys service tag in it, now wants to change it to match the system.
i'd still be wary of it possibly being a stolen item. i would think there may be some issues of service tag not matching up with main board configuration and if you are seeking warranty service, may not if it is not matched up (i.e. you have a new board that dell hadn't replaced for you)
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