From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Fri Jul 03 1998 - 03:12:07 EDT
On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 21:14:32 -0700 (PDT), Paul Rubin wrote:
>Does anyone know if there's a way to determine the manufacturing
>date of a Thinkpad (755cx in my case) from its serial number?
>I'm having a dispute with IBM about whether my unit is in warranty
>(the original invoice is long since lost). There is a manufacturing
>date sticker on the bottom of the keyboard, but it's slightly more
>than 3 years ago, and anyway they don't go by that (maybe because
>the keyboard is easy to replace). Thanks.
>
IBM is very strange on this. It's best to make sure you keep track of the invoice,
or in my case, if needed, make sure you can get a copy from the dealer.
IBM in some cases says that my machine's warranty is almost 6 months shorter,
since I bought in on March 18 (I think), 1996, and they said it was built in Sep. 1995.
And what's weirder is that my serial number was not originally in the system as a valid
machine (unlike my 355C which was), and I was the original owner of both!
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