How to convert a Dell Service Tag to an Express Service Code?
The Dell Service Tag is just a base 36 number (10 digits + 26 letters). If you convert it to a base 10 number, you get the Express Service Code.
To do so, from a python console you can just type (credits to MikeyB):
int("SRVCTAG",36)
Also, here is a simple PHP web page for doing so.
<?php
echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' . "\n";
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Conversion Service Tag => Express Service Code (Dell)</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<h1>Conversion Service Tag => Express Service Code (Dell)</h1>
<p>
<form action="" method="get">
Service Tag : <input type="text" name="st" value="<?php echo isset($_GET['st']) ? $_GET['st'] : ''; ?>" autofocus="autofocus" />
<input type="submit" value="Get Express SC" />
</form>
</p>
<?php
if( isset($_GET['st']) && ctype_alnum($_GET['st']) && strlen($_GET['st']) == 7 ) {
$st = strtoupper($_GET['st']);
$esc = base_convert($st, 36, 10); // convert from base 36 to base 10
echo "<p>Express Service Code : $esc</p>";
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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There is a number of sites that would do this... Google is your answer, but here is a few direct from Dell site themselves..
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/express_service_code?DoNotRedirect=y
http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/Expressservice