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12-06-2013 06:23 PM
I'm a tech still fairly new to the concept of tatooing motherboard's for HP calls.
I'm tatooing a serial number to a replacement motherboard for an HP Z420 server
I boot from a flash drive with windows 98 and the DMI files in a folder. After getting the dos prompt i go into the DMI (5.03) folder and attempt to run NBDMIFIT.BAT and get the error 'Vendor code not support in this package' -- it's worked before (so i believe)
What am I doing wrong?
Also a side question, anyone else have trouble reading the 'feature byte' string??
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12-06-2013 06:29 PM
Hi:
You may also want to post your question on the HP Business Support Forum -- z -Workstations section.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Workstations-z-series-xw-series/bd-p/bsc-272#.UqJ5XP2A3Gg
On a lot of newer HP business desktops, there is no need to run any programs to add the S/N to the BIOS.
You can see if this approach works on the Z workstations like it does on the newer HP 8xxx Elite's.
After entering BIOS Setup by hitting the F10 key, press Ctrl+A to open additonal fields in Security>System IDs menu.
Enter your PC's serial number in Asset Tag Number and Chassis Serial Number fields.
Save changes there and again when you exit the BIOS.
12-06-2013 06:29 PM
Hi:
You may also want to post your question on the HP Business Support Forum -- z -Workstations section.
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Workstations-z-series-xw-series/bd-p/bsc-272#.UqJ5XP2A3Gg
On a lot of newer HP business desktops, there is no need to run any programs to add the S/N to the BIOS.
You can see if this approach works on the Z workstations like it does on the newer HP 8xxx Elite's.
After entering BIOS Setup by hitting the F10 key, press Ctrl+A to open additonal fields in Security>System IDs menu.
Enter your PC's serial number in Asset Tag Number and Chassis Serial Number fields.
Save changes there and again when you exit the BIOS.
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