Find Your Dell Computer Service Tag Serial Number to Lookup System Configuration Information and Drivers June 14, 2015 by resourcesforlife, posted in Tech Tips This is a simple and useful process for obtaining your Dell computer service tag (serial number) and lookup your system configuration. Turn the laptop over. Look for a tag containing a five- to seven-character code that includes numbers and letters. This code is the computer's serial number. The tag is located near the middle of the back of the computer, on a thin white strip. On Dell laptops, the serial number is also referred to as the service tag.
I have a Dell laptop that has an assigned service tag on it. However, this sticker is in an inconvenient place (on the bottom of the laptop), and I'm too lazy to unplug everything and turn it over to read the service tag.
Dell Laptop Serial Number Location
Is there a way I can get the service tag from the Terminal or similar?
Kaz WolfeKaz Wolfe
1 Answer
Any Dell's service tag can be read from the system using the ever-so-handy dmidecode tool.
The service tag is stored in the BIOS as a DMI/SMBIOS string, namely system-serial-number. It can be read using the below command:
This command will output the service tag as just itself, so it can be passed into a script or similar without much worry.
If the Express Service Code is needed, that's easily retrievable using a similar command:
This command will output the Express Service Code to the terminal, much in the same way the Service Tag is outputted. It works by converting the Base36 Service Tag to the Base10 Express Service Code using Bash's $((base#number)) notation.
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Every Dell laptop comes with a sticker on the back of the device. This sticker reveals basic information about the machine and provides the user with a service tag code, which is used to speed up the response time when contacting customer support. This code can also be utilized to track basic information about the machine on the Dell website. One piece of information you can track through the service code is the name of the laptop's registered owner.
1.Find the service tag sticker on the back of your Dell laptop. This sticker is imprinted with an alphanumeric code consisting of five to seven characters.
2.Dell Laptop Serial Number Check
Visit the Dell website (link in Resources) and locate the troubleshooting page in the Technical Support section of the website. This page has a field where you can enter your laptop's service tag code.
3.Enter your service tag code in the designated input field and click the 'Submit' button.
4.Review the resulting information, which includes details about the laptop and the name of its registered owner.
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