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Finding manufacture date of IBM laptop
IBM, Laptops, lenovo, IBM T41
Hi all,

In work, I'm trying to determine how old a IBM T41 Laptop (Type: 2373-4FG
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I've tried Lenovo support site but I just find out if it's in or out of warranty.
I've also trying googling without success.

Thanks in advance
paul
ASKED: Jun 13 2008  2:24 PM GMT
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Well, the most important date isn't necessarily the manufacture date. It's the date of sale that really matters, since the laptop could have been manufactured and sat on a shelf for 6 months to a year before it was purchased.

IBM's support site has a lookup tool, but it's hard to find like everything else on their site.

Here is a link to the tool.

ok, looking at some other laptops that I have and checking the warranty lookup on IBM,
it seem that the date is at the end of the S/N, last 4 numbers

e.g S/N L3-HL576 07/04 (this laptop was manufactured in Apr 2007)

If you can prove that you purchased your laptop from an authorized distributor on a certain date, IBM will observe the warranty period from that day forward (as opposed to the date of manufacture, which may include transportation time and weeks / months on the shelf).
Last Answered: May 19 2009  0:18 AM GMT by JamesMorrisonArrowECS   20 pts.
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Pandub   115 pts.  |   Jun 13 2008  3:59PM GMT

Thanks Jless,

I had found that link before and it gives
Status: Expiration date: Location:
Out of warranty 2008-03-01 IRELAND

So working backward and assuming 3 yr warranty that laptop is 2005-03-01, mhhh I would have though it was a little older than that!

Is it possible there was initially a 1yr warranty that was extended?

 

Pressler2904   2165 pts.  |   Jun 16 2008  6:52PM GMT

The Thinkpad T40 EOL’d (stopped manufacture - stands for “End of Life”) on or about 31 December, 2003. This simply means that IBM no longer produced any new T41 notebooks after that date. As stated above, it’s not uncommon to see inventory sit around fro a few months after manufacture before being sold. I would agree that 15 months (01Jan 2004 to 01 March 2005) is a long time, but it’s not unheard of, especially at that point in time (remember many corporations work on a 3, 4 or 5 year PC replacement schedule, and many were just getting in to the replacement process in end 2003/start 2004 leading to large backlogs of unsold PC equipment…).

 

Jaideepkhanduja   7010 pts.  |   Jul 25 2008  4:06AM GMT

I didn’t find any correct info for my laptop regarding exact date of manufacturing, there is a stamp sticker pasted at the bottom saying QC OK and a date, but that can not be the exact manufacturing date, I am sure. By backward calculations, or guessing, it is not going to provide the exact manufacturing date, that means, and there is no other way of finding it out.

 
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