Surely they printed the MAC address on a sticky label on one or more of: a) the motherboard b) the ethernet controller / socket c) the manual d) the box the motherboard came in e) a little piece of paper included in the packaging ?
I'm generally used to seeing two labels - one on the motherboard itself, and one on a separate piece of paper that a system assembler can stick on the outside of the final assembled case, in case the end-user ever needs to know the MAC address without booting the machine.
Yup, there it is in all the places your say. EA=00079...; thought it was a serial number. I guess I should have been able to figure this on out myself, thanks.
-Steve