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Datecode / Manufacturing Date
PS3 FAT
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PS3 Slim 2K
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PS3 Slim 3K and Superslim 4K
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Datecode
Used in Euro regions
2 digits: number=year, letter=quarter
The number matches with the last number of the year, PS3 production started in 2006 with datecode 6A, in January 2016 they ends the "loop" of datecodes and they needs to decide is reusing 6A again, use a new datecode system, or stop the PS3 production
e.g.: |7D| means 2007, 4th quarter
Most commonly asked for when wanting to know if a console can be downgraded to 3.55.
| date code |
Quarter / Year | Down- gradeable to 3.55 |
Hackable | ODE | Firmware Releases at that time period |
Real Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6A | January, February, March / 2006 | Yes | Yes | No Firmware releases | ||
| 6B | April, May, June / 2006 | Yes | Yes | No Firmware releases | ||
| 6C | July, August, September / 2006 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No Firmware releases | 1.00 |
| 6D | October, November, December / 2006 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1.10, 1.11, 1.30, 1.31, 1.32 | |
| 7A | January, February, March / 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1.50, 1.51, 1.54, 1.60 | |
| 7B | April, May, June / 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1.70, 1.80, 1.81, 1.82 | |
| 7C | July, August, September / 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1.90, 1.92, 1.93 | |
| 7D | October, November, December / 2007 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2.00, 2.01, 2.10 | 1.97 |
| 8A | January, February, March / 2008 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2.16, 2.17, 2.20 | |
| 8B | April, May, June / 2008 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2.30, 2.35, 2.36 | 2.30 |
| 8C | July, August, September / 2008 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2.40, 2.41, 2.42, 2.43 | 2.16/2.30 |
| 8D | October, November, December / 2008 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2.50, 2.52, 2.53 | 2.45 |
| 9A | January, February, March / 2009 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2.60 | |
| 9B | April, May, June / 2009 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2.70, 2.76, 2.80 | |
| 9C | July, August, September / 2009 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.00, 3.01 | 2.70 |
| 9D | October, November, December / 2009 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.10, 3.15 | |
| 0A | January, February, March / 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.20 | |
| 0B | April, May, June / 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.21, 3.30, 3.40 | |
| 0C | July, August, September / 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.40, 3.41, 3.42, 3.50 | 3.40 |
| 0D | October, November, December / 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.55 | 3.40/3.50 |
| 1A | January, February, March / 2011 | Sometimes | Yes | Yes | 3.56, 3.60 | 3.50 or 3.56 |
| 1B | April, May, June / 2011 | No | Sometimes | Yes | 3.61, 3.65, 3.66 | 3.56 or 3.60 |
| 1C | July, August, September / 2011 | No | No | Yes | 3.70, 3.72 | 3.72 |
| 1D | October, November, December / 2011 | No | No | Yes | 3.73, 4.00 | |
| 2A | January, February, March / 2012 | No | No | Yes | 4.10, 4.11 | |
| 2B | April, May, June / 2012 | No | No | Yes | 4.20 | |
| 2C | July, August, September / 2012 | No | No | Yes | 4.21, 4.25 | 4.22 |
| 2D | October, November, December / 2012 | No | No | Yes | 4.30, 4.31 | |
| 3A | January, February, March / 2013 | No | No | Yes | 4.40 | |
| 3B | April, May, June / 2013 | No | No | Yes | 4.41, 4.45, 4.46 | |
| 3C | July, August, September / 2013 | No | No | Yes | No Firmware releases | |
| 3D | October, November, December / 2013 | No | No | Yes | 4.50, 4.53 | |
| 4A | January, February, March / 2014 | No | No | Swap/DMC | 4.55 | |
| 4B | April, May, June / 2014 | No | No | Swap/DMC | 4.60 | |
| 4C | July, August, September / 2014 | No | No | Swap/DMC | 4.65 | |
| 4D | October, November, December / 2014 | No | No | Swap/DMC | 4.66 | |
| 5A | January, February, March / 2015 | No | No | Swap/DMC | 4.70 | |
| 5B | April, May, June / 2015 | No | No | |||
| 5C | July, August, September / 2015 | No | No | |||
| 5D | October, November, December / 2015 | No | No |
Manufacturing Date
Used in USA/Japan
Full mention of month and year, e.g. January 2011
Examples:
CECHA01 - 2-896-889-01 - march 2007
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