How do I find out the manufacture date of boards in a Merlin Magix. 6

[fatman01]

Is there somewhere I can input the serial number or hardware vintage to get the manufacture date? Or maybe a serial number breakdown chart?

 

[tdaugirdas]

The leading 2 digits of the DR-style serial number give the year of manufacture. If the serial number starts with an A - the year of manufacture is the next digit. I have no idea how to get month and day.

Tom Daugirdas,
President
STCG, Inc.
stcg.com

 

[phonesrus]

You can look at the dates on the chips themselves and sometimes get a rough time frame. The highest date code found, would be closest to the mfg.date. It is not an absolute, but a guesstimate.

 

[dagwoodsystems]

Per page 2-22 (Acrobat page 64) of the "Merlin MAGIX Integrated System Maintenance and Troubleshooting Release 3.0 and Earlier" manual:

A serial number indicates the year and month of manufacture, the location of manufacture, and a counter number that is unique to that module. The digits are arranged as follows:

- The first two digits are the year manufactured.
- The next two letters show the place of manufacture.
- The next two digits are the month manufactured.
- The last six digits are the unique counter number.

For example, in the serial number 99DR11034567, “99” is the year, “DR” represents Denver, “11” indicates November, and “034567” is the unique counter.

 

[fatman01]

Thanks for all the help. All fo you have been a great help.

 

[dagwoodsystems]

Wow, I'm blushing. Thanks for the kudos everyone, you are very kind. But all I did was read the manual.

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