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‎01-12-2020 02:41 PM

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Product: HP Spectre x360-15
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have the serial number of the laptop. How do I find out what the date of manufacture was?

Serial#: XXX8164XX.

I have put Xs except for the 4th 5th 6th and 7th numbers. 

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‎01-12-2020 07:30 PM

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Here is everything to know about the serial number...

 

The first two characters are the country code.


The third character is the code of the supply site.


The next three characters are the date of manufacture, the first digit is for the year the next two for the calendar week.


The last four characters are a sequential ID on that particular week.

Example : CNU1234ABC

CN=China

U=The supply site.

1= The year 2011.

23 = 23 week of 2011.

4ABC = The sequential ID.

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‎01-12-2020 03:54 PM

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Hi:

 

Your notebook was manufactured in the 16th week of 2018.

 

8 = year

 

16 = week of manufacture.

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‎01-12-2020 04:52 PM

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Thanks for your reply.

 

So the 1st number (the 😎 represents the year 2018? And the 2nd & 3rd numbers (1 and 6) represents the week - Week 16/end of April? 

 

What does the 4th number (the 4) represent? 

Thanks again!

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‎01-12-2020 04:55 PM

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Sorry Paul,

I  don't know why when I put the number 8 in my reply that it put an emoji? 

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‎01-12-2020 05:30 PM

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You're very welcome.

 

That is correct.

 

Now of course you have to have some kind of idea of what year the notebook was made, like around the year you bought it, because the 8 could be 1998, 2008 or 2018.

 

 

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‎01-12-2020 06:02 PM

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What does the 4th number (the 4) represent? 

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‎01-12-2020 07:30 PM

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Here is everything to know about the serial number...

 

The first two characters are the country code.


The third character is the code of the supply site.


The next three characters are the date of manufacture, the first digit is for the year the next two for the calendar week.


The last four characters are a sequential ID on that particular week.

Example : CNU1234ABC

CN=China

U=The supply site.

1= The year 2011.

23 = 23 week of 2011.

4ABC = The sequential ID.

2 people found this reply helpful
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