Change Serial Number Phoenix Bios Utility
Hi,: There is a major issue with the HP business support pages missing a ton of drivers, utilities, etc. I reported the issue two weeks ago to HP, who is aware of the matter. Since I am not employed by nor do I represent HP, I don't know when they will restore the drivers to the support pages. They are also supposedly getting rid of support files for any devices over 10 years old, which that utility is at least 15. On my HP 8200 Elite CMT, there is a way to change the serial number and asset tag in the BIOS by doing this. After entering BIOS Setup by hitting the ESC key, and then selecting the F10 option from the menu, press Ctrl+A to open additonal fields in Security>System IDs menu. You can change/enter your PC's serial number in Asset Tag Number and Chassis Serial Number in the applicable fields.
Save changes there, and again when you exit the BIOS. You're very welcome. I just did a search of the HP business support site's entire driver section and that utility no longer shows up.
Your BIOS serial is saved via software, not hardware. Like anything else that's software based, the BIOS serial can be changed. The serial number data, as well as date and time are kept running even when the computer is powered off through a tiny battery called the CMOS battery.
I don't think that using that utility (if it worked on the Z400 at all) would resolve the online utility problem. Bc 39 hi tall hr fonts. But I guess you have nothing to lose by giving it a shot. I had bookmarked the link to the driver so that gave me the name of the utility.
Though it is gone from the HP website, I googled the name and found it on a 3rd party website. I have zipped up and attached it below. I checked it for viruses and whatnot. Looks fine to me. You will need to follow the instructions I posted a few years ago. You must use a USB FDD.
1.69 WILL NOT work with any ThinkPad above a T30! Version 1.69 is available FREE from IBM's FTP site (if it is still there). What the link above could point to is V 1.72 made to look like it is 1.69!!! If the image is in ZIP format, you have to unzip the file and run the exe; this will prompt you to create a DISKETTE. You need a Floppy and a floppy drive before you can run the utility. If this is really version 1.69 it will let you get to all the steps, but when it writes to the EEPROM with the new information it will error out. Also there are prefixes that must be entered for the data to be valid.
Draco2527 wrote:1.69 WILL NOT work with any ThinkPad above a T30! Version 1.69 is available FREE from IBM's FTP site (if it is still there). If you look at the thread I posted above, the OP Christian was able to use 1.69 successfully on a T40. He gives the procedure in the link. He wrote: 'you have to type S1 in front of the type/serial number'. I also posted a link to 1.69 above.
Yes, I read the posting! I guess we will see what happens when he runs it, it should come up with a red box stating that an error occured. I'm going to have to use the disk utilities to put the serial number in my T41 after a motherboard replacement.
I don't have a USB floppy and my son told me about an alternative. I took my '9 IN 1' memory card reader and writer and put in a MMC card. I used the IBM utility to make a Flash diskette. Then I copied all the files to my desktop except the 3 DOS system files: Command.com and IBMIO.com and IBMDOS.com.