User Guide

Retainingserialnumbers
Thissectionincludesthefollowingdescriptions:
•“Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit”onpage60
•“RetainingtheUUID”onpage60
•“ReadingorwritingtheECAinformation”onpage61
Restoringtheserialnumberofthesystemunit
Whenthecomputerwasmanufactured,theEEPROMonthesystemboardwasloadedwiththeserial
numbersofthesystemandallmajorcomponents.Thesenumbersneedtoremainthesamethroughout
thelifeofthecomputer.
Ifyoureplacethesystemboard,youmustrestoretheserialnumberofthesystemunittoitsoriginalvalue.
Beforereplacingthesystemboard,savetheoriginalserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:
1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlater,andrestartthe
computer.
2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.
3.Select2.ReadS/NdatafromEEPROM.
Theserialnumberofeachdeviceinyourcomputerisdisplayed;theserialnumberofthesystemunitis
listedasfollows:
•20:Serialnumber
Writedownthatnumber.
Note:Theserialnumberofthesystemunitisalsowrittenonthelabelattachedtothebottomofthecomputer.
Afteryouhavereplacedthesystemboard,restoretheserialnumberbydoingthefollowing:
1.InstalltheLENOVOThinkPadHardwareMaintenanceDisketteVersion1.76orlaterandrestartthe
computer.
2.Fromthemainmenu,select1.SetSystemIdentication.
3.Select1.AddS/NdatafromEEPROM.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
IftheMTMandProductIDnumbersdifferfromeachotherontherearlabel,usewhatisshownforthe
ProductIDeld.Seeexamplebelow:
MTMonrearlabel:
TTTT-CTOS/NSSSSSSS
ProductIDonrearlabel:
TTTT-MMM(UsethisnumberwhensettingSerialNumber)
Intheexample,theSerialNumbertobeinputis'1STTTTMMMSSSSSSS'.
RetainingtheUUID
TheUniversallyUniqueIdentier(UUID)isa128-bitnumberuniquelyassignedtoyourcomputerat
productionandstoredintheEEPROMofyoursystemboard.Thealgorithmthatgeneratesthenumberis
designedtoprovideuniqueIDsuntiltheyearA.D.3400.Notwocomputersintheworldhavethesame
number.
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