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Xbox Versions HOWTO

by Michael Steil

Just by looking at the serial number, which is visible through the Xbox carton, you have a very good chance to find
out the version of an Xbox.

Important: This documentation has been made possible because of the many people who entered the data of their
Xboxes into the Xbox Versions Database. Please help this effort by entering your data as well.

Please note that these rules may not apply to refurbished models.

Step 1: Manufacturing Date and Serial Number

On the bottom of the Xbox, you can see the manufacturing date and the serial number. The manufacturing date is
in the following format:

2001-11-03
YYYY-MM-DD

(Year-Month-Day) which is the date according to ISO 8601.

The serial number looks like this:

6144526 14302
LNNNNNN YWWFF

FF is the code of the factory (02: Mexico, 03: Hungary, 05: China, 06: Taiwan),
L the number of the production line within the factory,
Y the last digit of the production year,
WW the number of the week of the production year,
NNNNNN is the number of the Xbox within this week.

Step 2: The Factory

Look at the factory code, i.e. the last two digits of the serial number.

If the factory code is "03" (Hungary), you are done: You can be sure that it is a 1.0 Xbox. You can even be sure that
it contains a Thomson DVD drive.

If the factory code is "02" (Mexico), it is either a 1.0 or a 1.1 Xbox. Look at the manufacturing date: If it is November
2002 or later, you have a 1.1 Xbox, else it's a 1.0.

If the factory code is "05" (China), you have at least a 1.1 Xbox.

If the factory code is "06" (Taiwan), you have at least a 1.3 Xbox.

Step 3: Version Table

Find out the production line of the Xbox, which is the first digit of the serial number. Then find out the year and
week or your Xbox. The first digit of the second block is the last digit of the year (i.e. 2 or 3 for 2002 or 2003), and
the following two digits are the number of the week. For example, the serial "1111111 31205" is from week
12/2003.

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Now look up the box corresponding to the week and the production line in the following table. The legend below the
table will tell you the meaning of the colours.

Week Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6

49/02 3-Dec 3-Dec
50/02 13-Dec
51/02 19-Dec ?
52/02 ? ?
01/03 ? ?
02/03 ? ?
03/03 ? ?
04/03 24-Jan ? 22-Jan 20-Jan
05/03 ? ? ?
06/03 ? ? ?
07/03 ? ? ?
08/03 ? 21-Feb ? 19-Feb
09/03 ? ? 27-Feb ? -
10/03 ? 3-Mar ? ? -
11/03c ? 10-Mar ? 11-Mar -
12/03 ? ? ? -
13/03 ? ? ? -
14/03 ? 2-Apr 3-Apr -
15/03 9-Apr -
16/03 -
17/03 -
18/03 -
19/03 4-May
20/03 5-May
21/03
22/03
23/03 2-Jun
24/03
25/03
26/03
27/03
28/03
29/03 ?-?-? 17-Jul
30/03 23-Jul ?-?-? 23-Jul 24-Jul 23-Jul 23-Jul
31/03 28-Jul
32/03
10/04
11/04 11-Mar
12/04 ? 18-Mar 18-Mar 22-Mar
13/04 28-Mar ? ?
14/04 ? 1-Apr
15/04 ? 5-Apr 10-Apr
16/04 ? ? 14-Apr
17/04 ? 21-Apr
18/04 ?

Legend: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6/b unknown

(rev 2) (rev 3) (rev 4) (rev 5) (rev 6, 7)
1.0 1.5
(rev 1) (N/A)

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