Xbox Versions HOWTO
From Xbox-Linux
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 why entered the data of their Xboxes into the Xbox Versions Database (
http://www.xbox-linux.org/docs/versionsentry.html). Please help this effort by entering your data as well.
Please note that these rules may not apply to refurbished models.
[edit]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:
YYYY-MM-DD
(Year-Month-Day) which is the date according to ISO 8601.
The serial number looks like this:
LNNNNNN YWWFF
FF is the code of the factory (02: Mexico, 03: Hungary, 05: China), 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, and NNNNNN the number of the Xbox within this week.
[edit]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.
[edit]Step 3: China
All Xboxes since 2003 have been manufactured in China. A Chinese box can be a 1.1, a 1.2, a 1.3, a 1.4 or a 1.5.
If you have a "Special Edition" Xbox (translucent green), you have version 1.2, which has been made in weeks 8 and 9 of 2003 on lines 2, 5 and 6.
Else, 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 200

, and the following two digits are the number of the week. For example, the serial "1111111 31205" is from week 12/2003.
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.
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