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2. All Intel® Solid State Drives and modules have labels. These product labels have the serial number, SA number, model number, and much more. The location.

Frequently asked questions about where to find Intel® Boxed Processor numbers for warranty

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The Intel® Boxed Processors three-year limited warranty applies to the Intel® Processor and thermal solution that comes in the box.

You need the batch number (known as FPO- Finished Process Order) and the serial number (known as ATPO - Assembly Test Process Order). Both are needed to determine if your processor is eligible for a warranty exchange or return.

The batch number and the serial number are listed on the packaging for Intel® Boxed Processors. See the example of the relevant label below:

Numbers can be obtained from the processor's markings.

1. The batch number (FPO) is also located on the top of the processor.
2. The Partial serial number (partial ATPO) is located on the outside edge of the processor. The partial serial number contains the last three to five digits from the full serial number for the processor. It is printed in human readable format on the outside edges of processor.
3. A 2D matrix contains the full serial number for the processor. This matrix must be read using a third-party tool and certain smart phone cameras.

See the example below on the locations of each markings.

Refer to Locate Serial and Batch Numbers on the Desktop or Server Intel® Processors.

Use the Warranty Information Center. Under Product Type, choose Processor. Enter the batch number (FPO) and the serial or partial number (ATPO) in their corresponding fields to get the status of the warranty of your Intel® Boxed Processor. You can check the warranty status using the numbers on the packaging or the markings on the processor.

Here's an example:

Locate the batch number and the serial number printed on the packaging. Go to Warranty Information Center, and choose Processor for Product Type. Enter the batch number (FPO) and the full serial number (ATPO) in their corresponding fields. Click on Check Products to find the status.

See an example below:

If the result of the search is inconclusive, you may contact Intel customer support and choose Intel® Processors.

Use the batch number (FPO) located on the top of the processors with the partial serial number (partial ATPO) located on the outside edge of the processor.

Go to Warranty Information Center, and choose Processor for Product Type. Enter the batch number (FPO) in its corresponding field. Enter the partial serial number (ATPO) in their corresponding field. Click Check Products to find the status.

See an example below:

You can also use batch number (FPO) along with the full serial number (ATPO) obtained from the 2D matrix by using third party tools. The 2D matrix is located on the outside edge of the processor. Enter the numbers in their corresponding fields to check the status.

See instructions on how to identify your Intel China Boxed Processor.

Refer to How to Identify my Intel® Processor.

Refer to Identify Fan numbers for Intel® Boxed Processors.

How do I obtain the serial number of the CPU in a PC?

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Based upon 'licensing' tag you have used for your question, you might get better results reading network MAC address. Identifying PC by a MAC address isn't totally unbreakable method for copy protection, still it is sometimes used.

I have the ultimate answer for this without any external libraries. Simply type this:

wmic bios get serialnumber

This will give you the Serial Number on the PCs chassis ;)(found in microsoft's knowledge base)

Regards!

Remember that most computers these days ship with CPU ID disabled in the BIOS. See CPUID on Wikipedia

Even with CPUID enabled is there actually a serial number available in modern processors? I remember there being a big outcry in the Pentium 3 days when this whole serial number issue was raised.

This is and old thread. But I had a same problem, but I got the following logic working without too many ifs, ands or buts.

The problem with CPU serial number is that it does not always work in virtualized environment.

I did the following logic with a set of Windows-based servers:

Win32_BIOS can provide you a serial number of the bios. We need to keep in mind that if the system is virtualized, you could end up with same bios serial number for all servers.

Win32_NetworkAdapter can provide you a MAC that you can use as well. In cases where you have multiple NICs, you will end up with multiple-MACs.

Combining both these IDs, I had all unique set over a set of 6000 servers spanning across physical and virtual. This was really simple to implement using ManagementClass & ManagementObject.

But just a caveat: when you try to get the MO instance remotely, it'll take more than a few seconds on a <5ms latency 10Gbps optical network. So if you do the math it took me over 3 hours on a single thread operation. Since this is more like a low-priority traffic I didn't want to spam my network for gathering WMI data on multi-threaded call.

There is no CPU serial ID (PSN; CPUID edx bit 18 'psn' Processor Serial Number) after Pentium III in Intel CPUs; and there was never any psn in AMD chips:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/watercooler-catchall/topic/308483 (at 2005)

However, keep in mind that only the Pentium III Xeon, Mobile Pentium III and Pentium III processors support the processor serial number feature introduced by the Pentium III processor. No other Intel processor supports the processor serial number feature

EAX=3: Processor Serial Number See also: Pentium III § Controversy about privacy issues

This returns the processor's serial number. The processor serial number was introduced on Intel Pentium III, but due to privacy concerns, this feature is no longer implemented on later models (the PSN feature bit is always cleared). Transmeta's Efficeon and Crusoe processors also provide this feature. AMD CPUs however, do not implement this feature in any CPU models.

__get_cpuid (unsigned int __level, unsigned int *__eax, unsigned int *__ebx, unsigned int *__ecx, unsigned int *__edx);

• Header: #include <cpuid.h>

Note: The processor serial number was introduced on Intel Pentium III, but due to privacy concerns, this feature is no longer implemented on later models.

Source : wikipedia

Intel Compute Stick Serial Number Lookup

Ivy Bridge CPUs and newer all include a PPIN (Protected Processor Identification Number). Access to this feature can be blocked by the computer's firmware.

Some more details please: operating system, language.

For example on Windows you can get it by using WMI and reading Win32_Processor.ProcessorId.

In windows, I am sure there is a system call, In linux one could try 'sudo lshw' but most kernels do not seem to support CPU serial numbers, and preliminary research seems to indicate that the general outrage against uniquely identifiable computers means that there is no perfect answer.

What are you trying to do? Almost certainly someone has done it before and it may be wise to reuse or emulate what they have done.

Executing the CPUID instruction with the proper register settings will retrieve the processor serial number in EAX, EBX, ECX, and EDX. However, this functionality is only available on Pentium 3 and later processors. Also on Pentium 4 and newer processors the instruction always returns 0x00000000 in all 4 registers. Later model Pentium 3's may also return 0x00000000's. The feature was primarily aimed at copy protection, allowing software to be linked to specific processors. It did not go over well with the community, and lawsuits ensued. The feature was removed from late model P3's and all newer processors. The feature is present in newer processors for compatibility reasons. it is rumored than you can special order processors with serial numbers, btu the minimum purchase is something like 1 million processors. For the specific register settings prior to executing the CPUID instruction, check Intels system programmer PDF available through their website.

Also -

Intel Nuc Serial Number Lookup

I guess quite a few compiler do offer some wrapper or the like around the mentioned command. Here's an example

Output:

Intel Compute Stick Serial Number Lookup

Intel Serial Number Lookup

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