Oldest Mk2, Newest Mk1

[Dzz]

Hi Everybody! As part of my quest to tell a Mk1 from a Mk2 in code, I need to make the best guess I can about the cutoff date in the serial numbers. So, I'm looking for the OLDEST Mk2 out there, and the NEWEST Mk1. You can get the date by going to the Info page on your menu.

I'll start us off with my dates:

Mk 1: 2005.12.16 (if you have a newer one, post your date!)
Mk 2: 2006.06.10 (if you have an older one, post your date!)

Thanks for your help! Everybody who looks at their date to see if they can be helpful gets a free download of my next game!

 

[virusx]

Hi Everybody! As part of my quest to tell a Mk1 from a Mk2 in code, I need to make the best guess I can about the cutoff date in the serial numbers. So, I'm looking for the OLDEST Mk2 out there, and the NEWEST Mk1. You can get the date by going to the Info page on your menu.

I'll start us off with my dates:

Mk 1: 2005.12.16 (if you have a newer one, post your date!)
Mk 2: 2006.06.10 (if you have an older one, post your date!)

Thanks for your help! Everybody who looks at their date to see if they can be helpful gets a free download of my next game!

MK1 GP2X-F100 2006.01.27 for me...

Is it what you're looking for?

 

[Dzz]

MK1 GP2X-F100 2006.01.27 for me...

Is it what you're looking for?

Yup, exactly, thanks! Now the "cutoff" is somewhere between 2006.01.27 and 2006.06.10

 

[X-Code]

Here are some of mine B)

MK1 GP2X-F100 2005.11.18 - SN 00000874 ( First Edition )
MK1 GP2X-F100 2005.11.18 - SN 00000561 ( First Edition )

MK2 GP2X-F100 2006.10.09 - SN 00005911

 

[Dzz]

Here are some of mine B)

MK1 GP2X-F100 2005.11.18 - SN 00000874 ( First Edition )
MK1 GP2X-F100 2005.11.18 - SN 00000561 ( First Edition )

MK2 GP2X-F100 2006.10.09 - SN 00005911

None of those help narrow down the cutoff date, but thanks for checking it out for me!

 

[A_SN]

MK2 GP2X - F100 2006.05.26 - GP2XV127 - 00005371

IIRC the site said first MKII's were for sale on the 14th of May 2006.

By the way I found some more data by googling "GP2XV127"

http://www.yaronet.com/posts.php?sl=424&s=95148

 

[Dzz]

MK2 GP2X - F100 2006.05.26 - GP2XV127 - 00005371

Excellent! Now we know that the switchover date is between 2006.01.27 and 2006.05.26 !

 

[Squidge]

Don't think mine will help, but you can have the details anyway

First Edition: 2005.11.14 - GP2XV200 - 00000020

 

[A_SN]

MK2 GP2X - F100 2006.05.26 - GP2XV127 - 00005371

Excellent! Now we know that the switchover date is between 2006.01.27 and 2006.05.26 !


Are we sure that MKI dates won't overlap with MKII dates? Well that would make sense that the production of MKI stopped altogether for MKII's to get started, but who knows..

EDIT : What about we ask craigix?

 

[Dzz]

MK2 GP2X - F100 2006.05.26 - GP2XV127 - 00005371

Excellent! Now we know that the switchover date is between 2006.01.27 and 2006.05.26 !


Are we sure that MKI dates won't overlap with MKII dates? Well that would make sense that the production of MKI stopped altogether for MKII's to get started, but who knows..

EDIT : What about we ask craigix?

I am not 100% certain that there is no overlap, but I'm pretty sure that there is very little overlap if there is any. I recall a rather significant break in between the two when people were waiting on backorders, and actually I expect that there will be a gap of several months between the dates (though I could be wrong).

Another objection is that they might change the serial number format in the future, but it seems unlikely that they would start re-using dates from 2005 and 2006 so "detecting a Mk1" should be pretty reliable into the future.

 

[P-J]

I can narrow it down further (not much though!). My MK2 :

GP2X - F100 - 2006.05.23 - GP2XV127 - 000004544

 

[Dzz]

I can narrow it down further (not much though!). My MK2 :

GP2X - F100 - 2006.05.23 - GP2XV127 - 000004544

Woo hoo! New range: 2006.01.27 - 2006.05.23

 

[A_SN]

The data on this page http://www.yaronet.com/posts.php?sl=424&s=95148 seem to make it clear that the factory batch number coming before v127 are MKI's of First Editions and that those coming after are MKII's, and it seems that v127 is split at some point between mkI and mkII...

EDIT : here's for your range

I must have the MKII 'crappy dark screen with limited view angle' batch

2006.05.22 - GP2XV127 - 00004454

I'd love to know if other batches out there with my date have the same screen. Or are all MKII screens exactly the same?

Oh and also, it seems it'd be useless to ask craigix as he doesn't seem to know a lot more than us about this whole thing..

 

[slashank]

MK1 2006.03.09 - GP2XV127 - 00003544

 

[Dzz]

MK1 2006.03.09 - GP2XV127 - 00003544

Cool! New range:

2006.03.09 - 2006.05.22

 

[moz]

2006.01.04 - GP2XV127 - 00000525 fuck knows what any of it means, am i a mk1 or 2?

she overclocks to 290

 

[Goity]

Isn't gonna help, but MK1 2006.02.01 - GP2xV127 - 00001651

 

[tim0391]

here is mine

2007,01,02 - gp2xv127 - 00010037

 

[A_SN]

here is mine

2007,01,02 - gp2xv127 - 00010037

We'll assume it's a MKII but you're supposed to say it lol.

 

[Dzz]

2006.01.04 - GP2XV127 - 00000525 fuck knows what any of it means, am i a mk1 or 2?

You're a Mk1.

Thanks everybody for making the effort to type in your data. All we really need at this point is info about serial numbers in this range:

2006.03.09 - 2006.05.22