Intel Technology Journal Q2, 1999 Pentium® III Processor Serial Number Feature and Applications 2 Figure 1: CPUID instruction definition The ps# information is returned by the addition of a new. From following the logical path System > Hardware > Processor > Serial Number, I'm expecting to recieve the Processor's SN. Instead, I get the BIOS' SN. This gets worse when I read the source code, and I find that this value is kept in memory as 'cpuSerialNumber'. Partial or Visible Characters of the ATPO. Last Reviewed: 21-Feb-2018. Article ID: 000025633. To determine the eligibility of a warranty exchange or return for an Intel® Boxed Processor, you need to have the serial numbers for: Finished Process Order (FPO): Also referred to as Batch#. Assembly Test Process Order (ATPO): Also referred to as S/N.
About the Serial Number
This controversial feature found on each Intel Pentium III processor is a unique serial number that can be used to identify a computer. This feature was designed for security reasons; for example, when doing credit card submissions over the Internet, identification could be verified using this unique serial number. However, this feature caused many users to fear the ability of being uniquely tracked. Because of this upset, Intel gave the user the option to enable or disable this feature, and by default this feature is disabled. If you have not enabled this feature, you should not need to disable it.
New Pentium III and later processors
To enable or disable this feature, download a software application from Intel that allows you to display the status and change the status of the serial number. See the utility downloads section for this file.
Early Pentium III processors
Because of the controversy concerning this feature later Intel Pentium III and later Intel processors that had this feature enabled users to disable this feature through the CMOS setup.
Additional information
- See our Pentium III definition for further information and related links.
Once you identified your part, you can request technical support or warranty replacement.
If you do not have physical access to the product, you can scan the information by using the Intel® System Support Utility
Find your part number (PN), stocking ID, or serial number (SN) for the products below:
Find your part number (PN), stocking ID, or serial number (SN) for Intel® Solid State Drives.
Find your batch number (FPO-Finished Process Order) and Serial number (ATPO- Assembly Test Process Order) for Intel® Boxed Processors and Fan Part.
Intel Cpu Serial Number Utility
Find your part number (PN), stocking ID, or serial number (SN) for Intel® Server Products.
See also the User Guide for Intel System Information Retrieval Utility (Sysinfo).
To find your part number (PN), stocking ID, or serial number (SN) for Intel® Networking Products, see the example below.
The Serial Number is a combination of the MAC Address and Part Number.
Example:
- Use the bolded portion of the MAC address (ignore the first six numbers): 001B215CFD4C
- Include the manufacturing information: 090AC
- Plus, the bolded portion of the Part Number, eliminating the dash) E68785-000
- The combination of these three bolded numbers equals the Serial Number: 5CFD4C090ACE68785000
Related information: Product Label Description for Intel® Ethernet Adapters
| 0 | O | Numeral 0 (zero) and uppercase letter O |
| 1 | I | Numeral 1 and uppercase letter I (eye) |
| 8 | B | Numeral 8 and uppercase letter B |
| 6 | 5 | Numeral 6 and numeral 5 |
| 2 | Z | Numeral 2 and uppercase letter Z |
| V | U | Upper-case letter V and uppercase letter U |
| I | l | Upper-case letter I (eye) and lowercase letter l (el)1 |
1 Lowercase letters are never used in serial numbers. Only numbers and uppercase letters are used.
Intel Xeon Processor Serial Number
Contact Intel Customer Support if you don't recognize your Intel product serial number or part number.