No Serial Number in System Profiler

Hi everyone,
I reinstalled Tiger on my 20" iMac G4, along with more memory. I checked to see if it recognized the RAM it in the System Profiler, and noticed that the serial number of my computer is not there. The logic board has never been replaced, so what could have gone wrong? Is there a way to correct this?
Thanks,
-Brian
P.S.- I downloaded the Blank Board Serializer, and followed the directions, but when I got to the booting select screen, the disc wasn't there.. am I doing something wrong with this?

Never mind, had a friend walk me through it.
-Brian

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The serial number disappears when the motherboard/logic board is switched out, because the serial number is linked to that piece of hardware.
Authorized Apple repair tech are supposed to use some special software to input the S/N onto the logic board. Possibly they can do it for you.
 Cheers, Tom

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Hi Stephanie,
There is a way to change the serial number in the About this Mac window, by editing this file:
/System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/AboutThisMac.strings
(I don't know about opening it with Xcode or TextEdit, but it works with Property List Editor).
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You'll have to enable root first, and most probably change the ownership & permissions. Don't forget to then disable root and repair Permissions.
IMO it is not worth the hassle, because as the others say, the one really important info is the one saved at Apple Support, along with your proofs of purchase, bills and dates.
Also because:
The really important place where you need it (System Profiler, along with the Sales Order Number), can be updated only using a special Apple "Set Serial Number" bootable CD.
Have fun with the file-editing...
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I am facing similar kind of problem where i also need to make some of my stock serialised, (I was thinking of creating a new Serial Number Profile for this scenario with Procedure <b>SDLS & SDRE</b> but then in return Process MM will not integrate fully & even in case Transfer Posting; I mean there's no point of altering the whole Setup for this when it is not at all required)
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You don't define the format of the file that contains asset numbers and serial numbers (and I think the 'tie together' is making it sound harder than it is.
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Can't find serial number on my Powerbook G4

I cannot find the serial number on my Powerbook G4 titanium!! I got it from a friend that works at Apple and it wasn't a retail model. There is not serial number inside the battery compartment, nor one listed in the "About this Mac" section???? Please help! Is there any other place to find this number, maybe inside the computer itself?
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Serial number field and table

Hi,
I want Serial number field and table,
Scenario like this,for returnable packging material we have assigned serial numbers,mtrl type is LEIH,so for tracking of RTP material now we are going to Develop one Report for this i need ur Help.
Logic is:1)Matrl doc at the time of Delievery.
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4)Calculte How many Matrl are Recieved from the Custmer upto current period.say 5
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I am giving simple ex.
so pls any body is having this idea pls Shared with me.
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Hi Raghu,
Check table SER01(Document Header for Serial Numbers for Delivery).
OBJK is the object table and you will have SERNR as serial number in this table.
check table EQUI
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                      EQUI-GERNR.
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MARC-SERNP.
key in plant and material in this table to fetch the Serial number profile of the material.
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I ran the Adobe Customization Wizard XI to create a transform file and now when run setup.exe it always come with the error "LANG_LIST has some locales which does not match with the locale of serial number".
It does the same thing when using msi with the command : msiexec /i AcroPro.msi TRANSFORMS=AcroPro.mst /qb!
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Does it means that the serial number provided was invalid for deploying ?
NB.: My goal is to deploy our Acrobat XI through SCCM in silent mode and I don't know if there is extra consideration for that. For now it's only not working at the command line.
Another important point is that the install works great without customization ! If I just run the setup.exe from freshly extracted files and I use my serial number, everything is working fine.
So what goes wrong ?

Thanks for the reply brogers_1 and Vinod Dbhal, you gave good hint.
I retried installing the initial package in French on a Windows 7 English and the software installed properly in French.
As I used to work with virtuals for those tests, I rolled back my virtual and redo my test installation with chosing to install it in English on my Windows 7 English and again the installation finished properly but I was surprised when I realized that even if I chose English as language, the software was running in French !
Of course I can change the language settings (in the edit-preferences-language) to follow the operating system witch is nice.
That gave me the cue I needed to know. I started from scratch my customization with choosing only the French language in the "Application Languages" and I left the MUI Languages blank and saved the .mst
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I'am Harris. With you regarding my laptop i buy from UAE.
Many time i try to detect the serial number from system itself but not dedecting.
Also try to put the serial number feeded, than message coming your model can't recogonize from data base.
What the matter in this case please assisit.
May time i have small problem and try to contact the TOSHIBA help line but hopeless, there no replay from Toshiba helpline or i can't any-one on helpline what surprise this.....
Your earlier action highly appreciated.
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Harris.M.
My user name is harris7 in Toshiba profile.

Good evening Sir,
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Invalid Hardware Serial Number - Impossible?

Hi!
I have a MacBook Pro 15" for which I'm trying to shop for memory upgrades. I'm not sure which rev I have (it's either rev D or E) as both have the same clock speed as shown in the system profile, and both have the same model # (3,1), and both have the same graphics card, so comparing the spec sheets to the info in my System Profiler doesn't narrow it down any further than those two possibilities.
So, to try to determine which model I have I went to Apple's website to type in the serial number. I copied and pasted the serial number directly from the System Profiler to assure no user error, and yet I get a message from the Apple Website that says this is an invalid serial number (?!?!?!). I tried appleserialnumberinfo.com's website and it ALSO rejects the number as being invalid.
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Apple store visit is impractical at present (I'm on a seagoing vessel) Phone support for Apple is also a dead end -- without a valid serial number the conversation stops right there, and at $1/min for Ocean Phone I can't afford the hold time anyway. Advice on not substituting O for 0, 5 for S, etc. isn't appropriate -- I'm not doing that. I'm COPYING AND PASTING the number from System Profiler. Also I'm NOT accidentally including an extra space at either end. I've done this over and over ad nauseaum.
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Hello Swetha
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