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PSG HP products are assigned a serial number consisting of ten alphanumeric characters. The serial
number convention defines what each character in the serial number represents.
CC S YWW ZZZZ
CC The country of manufacture code is based on the ISO international country code standard (ISO-3166,
Alpha 2 code) and is used to designate the specific country of manufacture for the individual product.
S Supply Site/Vendor Code Identifier is used to define the actual supply site or vendor site in a given
country of manufacture that last assembled and serialized the product.
YW The date of manufacture is expressed alpha-numerically by year counting from the base year, 200, and
W week of manufacture (304 - denotes a unit built in week 4 of 2003, A14 - denotes a unit built in the 14th
week of 2010).
ESG HP products are assigned a serial number consisting of ten alphanumeric characters. The serial
number convention defines what each character in the serial number represents.
CC S YY WW ZZZ
CC The country of manufacture code is based on the ISO international country code standard (ISO-3166,
Alpha 2 code) and is used to designate the specific country of manufacture for the individual product.
S Supply Site/Vendor Code Identifier is used to define the actual supply site or vendor site in a given
country of manufacture that last assembled and serialized the product.
YY The two digits of the year in which the product was produced in a numeric value starting with a base
year of 2000.
ZZZ The unique 3 Digits which represent the portion of the serial number which allows both service and the
factory to differentiate between units produced in a given week. All Z characters will be Alpha/Numeric
and use Base 36. (Ex: 0,1,2…9, A,B,C…Z), excluding use of characters (I,O,Q, and combination 0000),
netting a Base 33 scheme.
How to decode a ISS HP Serial Number
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ISS HP products are assigned a serial number consisting of ten alphanumeric characters. The serial number
convention defines what each character in the serial number represents.
S ZZZ CCCC Y W
S is a single-digit site code which denotes the site of manufacture as well as defines the location where
the necessary agency follow-up inspection and all agency required testing is performed. All alpha-
numeric characters (36 characters).
ZZZ are the unique 3 Digits which represent the portion of the serial number which allows both service and
the factory to differentiate between units produced in a given week. Alpha-numeric characters; no I,O,
or Q (33 characters).
CCC is the configuration code that defines the specific computer as shipped out of the factory.
C
Y is the ninth Digit of the Serial Number and represents the 6 month period in which the unit was
produced by utilizing a series of characters. Alpha-numeric characters; no vowels or Q (30 characters)
W is the remaining 1 Digit of the Serial Number and is an alpha character representing the week in which
the unit was manufactured. Alpha-numeric characters; no vowels, Q, Y, Z or the number 0 (29
characters)
This specification defines the requirements for SERIALIZATION OF TOP ASSEMBLIES in the Compaq
manufacturing system. The serial number scheme consists of 12 characters (alpha or numeric) and is
defined as follows:
S Y WW CCCC ZZZZ
S is a site code and denotes the site of manufacture as well as defining the location where the necessary
agency follow-up inspection and all agency required testing is performed. Site codes can be either
numeric or alpha.
Y is the last digit of the year in which the product was produced.
C is the configuration code that defines the specific computer as shipped out of our factory.
Z is the serial number which allows both service and the factory to differentiate between units produced in
the same week.
This specification defines the requirements for SERIALIZATION OF TOP ASSEMBLIES in Non-Compaq
owned Manufacturing Facilities. The serial number scheme consists of 12 characters (alpha or numeric) and
is defined as follows:
SS Y M CCCC D ZZZ
SS is a two-digit site code and denotes the site of manufacture as well as defining the location where the
necessary agency follow-up inspection and all agency required testing is performed. The second digit
of the site code can ONLY be alpha and NOT numeric.
Y is the last digit of the year in which the product was produced.
C is the configuration code that defines the specific computer as shipped out of our factory.
D is the first Digit of the Serial Number and represents the Day in which the unit was produced by utilizing
a series of characters. This first character uses Base 31 (Ex: 1,2…9, A,B,C…Z, this code EXCLUDES I,
O, Q, U)
Z is the serial number which allows both service and the factory to differentiate between units produced in
the same week.