HP Forum Archive 14

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Slight change in HP Serial Number coding Message #1 Posted by Matt Kernal (US) on 14 Apr 2004, 1:17 p.m. I have received two new HP calculators in the last month or so. The first is a warranty replacement 49G+, and the second is a 33S. Here are the serial numbers: 49G+: CN40204986 33S: CNA41001002 Either the country code has expanded to three characters, or the year has expanded to two hex digits (A4). Anyone know if 164d on the Chinese calender is the same as 2004? ;^) Matt 12345

Re: Slight change in HP Serial Number coding Message #2 Posted by Scuba Diver on 14 Apr 2004, 4:45 p.m., in response to message #1 by Matt Kernal (US) I was always concerned that the year code was only one digit long; although it's probably doubtful that a model would span more than 10 years, it's possible... My hope is that the A refers to the year; so perhaps A4 represents 2004, B4 would represent 2014, etc...

Re: Slight change in HP Serial Number coding Message #3 Posted by Charlie O. on 15 Apr 2004, 12:56 p.m., in response to message #1 by Matt Kernal (US) Which digits indicate the year and what do they mean? I've been searching everywhere and all I can find are the old codes. ceo

Re: Slight change in HP Serial Number coding Message #4 Posted by Matt Kernal (US) on 16 Apr 2004, 2:53 p.m., in response to message #3 by Charlie O. Look here: Decoding Serial Numbers

Re: Slight change in HP Serial Number coding Message #5 Posted by Charlie on 16 Apr 2004, 4:27 p.m., in response to message #4 by Matt Kernal (US) Thanks Matt but I was there. I was looking for the new number like on the last 32s ii with the country code first. I reposted the question and it seems the year now starts at 2000 rather than 1960.

Re: Slight change in HP Serial Number coding Message #6 Posted by Matt Kernal (US) on 16 Apr 2004, 7:14 p.m., in response to message #5 by Charlie Now I know why you didn't find it... You were there, but just didn't look far enough down the page. Just follow the link in my last post, then simply scroll down a little with your vertical slider or wheel mouse, and you will find the Serial Number Decoding for the newer HP's. Matt

Re: Slight change in HP Serial Number coding Message #7 Posted by David Smith on 15 Apr 2004, 1:22 p.m., in response to message #1 by Matt Kernal (US) Just go out and buy a Mint-in-Box HP-16C and use it to do a hex to decimal conversion on the date code... after you get the answer, just send the machine to me and I will dispose of it properly.

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