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In comp.sys.mac.system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> >>>> Have you checked to see if it is part of the recall?:
> >>> 
> >>>> <https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/>
> >>> 
> >>> Hmm, it asks about the purchase date since I got it from someone (not a 
> >>> store). I will have to ask that. Is there another way to check?
> > 
> >> When I went to that page, I just entered the hardware serial number, and
> >> it figured out the rest on its own. Did you try that?
> > 
> > I clicked on the link in "Use the "Check your Coverage" tool on the 
> > Apple Support site to determine if your MacBook Pro model matches the 
> > list of affected products below. Sample results: ..." that went from 
> > https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do to 
> > https://checkcoverage.apple.com/ ... http://i.imgur.com/skSToNs.png for 
> > a screen capture after entering the serial number (blurred most of it) 
> > from Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s "About This Mac".

> Interesting. Where did you get that serial number exactly? Are you sure you
> didn't introduce a typo?

I copied and pasted from Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)'s "About This Mac 
like I said earlier. ;) 


> Otherwise, I guess you'll need to find out the purchase date somehow.

Yeah. :(
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