just received a Seagate ST980815A disk (80GB)
to upgrade one of our laptops.

It has a date code : 09127

Any idea what that means ?? today is Nov 19, 2008


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ps56k wrote:
> just received a Seagate ST980815A disk (80GB)
> to upgrade one of our laptops.
>
> It has a date code : 09127
>
> Any idea what that means ?? today is Nov 19, 2008

Try the warranty checker on
http://seagate.com/www/en-us/support (down at the moment)

FWIW I've just installed a drive from the same Seagate 5400.3 series,
the 120GB ST9120822A. It's gone straight into an old IBM thinkpad T23
(1.13Ghz P3) without any issues. My date code is 09171 - drive purchased
a couple of weeks ago.

I hoping Seagate have this perpendicular storage technology working OK.
These drives are their first ....

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ps56k wrote:
> just received a Seagate ST980815A disk (80GB)
> to upgrade one of our laptops.
>
> It has a date code : 09127
>
> Any idea what that means ?? today is Nov 19, 2008

Yup!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

At 15:41 06/10/06 +0200, you wrote:
>Does somebody know how to understand "Date Code" on Seagate disk ?
>For example "06212"

Many thanks to many private contributors. We do not have Seagate evidence,
but it seems the true explanation is the following one :

Date Code Shape: YYWWD
* YY: fiscal year, beginning on the 1st Saturday of July YY-1
* WW: fiscal weeks from 1st Saturday of July YY-1
* D: days from the beginning of week WW (weeks run from Saturday to Friday)

An illustrated example is to be find at the following URL:

http://www.lerti.com/web/public/Note...ue03-v0.90.pdf

Regards

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"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
news:gg2d62$9t3$1@nntp.motzarella.org...
> ps56k wrote:
>> just received a Seagate ST980815A disk (80GB)
>> to upgrade one of our laptops.
>>
>> It has a date code : 09127
>>
>> Any idea what that means ?? today is Nov 19, 2008
>
> Yup!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
>
> At 15:41 06/10/06 +0200, you wrote:
> >Does somebody know how to understand "Date Code" on Seagate disk ?
> >For example "06212"
>
> Many thanks to many private contributors. We do not have Seagate evidence,
> but it seems the true explanation is the following one :
>
> Date Code Shape: YYWWD
> * YY: fiscal year, beginning on the 1st Saturday of July YY-1
> * WW: fiscal weeks from 1st Saturday of July YY-1
> * D: days from the beginning of week WW (weeks run from Saturday to
> Friday)
>
> An illustrated example is to be find at the following URL:
>
> http://www.lerti.com/web/public/Note...ue03-v0.90.pdf
>

That URL does not exist.

"BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
news:gg2d62$9t3$1@nntp.motzarella.org...
> ps56k wrote:
>> just received a Seagate ST980815A disk (80GB)
>> to upgrade one of our laptops.
>>
>> It has a date code : 09127
>>
>> Any idea what that means ?? today is Nov 19, 2008
>
> Yup!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
>
> At 15:41 06/10/06 +0200, you wrote:
> >Does somebody know how to understand "Date Code" on Seagate disk ?
> >For example "06212"
>
> Many thanks to many private contributors. We do not have Seagate evidence,
> but it seems the true explanation is the following one :
>
> Date Code Shape: YYWWD
> * YY: fiscal year, beginning on the 1st Saturday of July YY-1
> * WW: fiscal weeks from 1st Saturday of July YY-1
> * D: days from the beginning of week WW (weeks run from Saturday to
> Friday)
>
> An illustrated example is to be find at the following URL:
>
> http://www.lerti.com/web/public/Note...ue03-v0.90.pdf
>

That URL does not exist.

In news:49252538$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net "M.I.5¾"
<no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>
> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
> news:gg2d62$9t3$1@nntp.motzarella.org...
>>
>> An illustrated example is to be find at the following URL:
>>
>> http://www.lerti.com/web/public/Note...ue03-v0.90.pdf
>>
>
> That URL does not exist.

http://www.lerti.com/web/public/Note...ue03-v1.01.pdf

For future reference when they change the version again, here's the main
page:

http://www.lerti.com/web/documents_public.php


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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com

In news:49252538$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net "M.I.5¾"
<no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>
> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
> news:gg2d62$9t3$1@nntp.motzarella.org...
>>
>> An illustrated example is to be find at the following URL:
>>
>> http://www.lerti.com/web/public/Note...ue03-v0.90.pdf
>>
>
> That URL does not exist.

http://www.lerti.com/web/public/Note...ue03-v1.01.pdf

For future reference when they change the version again, here's the main
page:

http://www.lerti.com/web/documents_public.php


--
Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN bert@iphouse.com

"Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
news:6ojr6pF4293pU1@mid.individual.net...
> ps56k wrote:
>> just received a Seagate ST980815A disk (80GB)
>> to upgrade one of our laptops.
>>
>> It has a date code : 09127
>>
>> Any idea what that means ?? today is Nov 19, 2008
>
> Try the warranty checker on
> http://seagate.com/www/en-us/support (down at the moment)
>
> FWIW I've just installed a drive from the same Seagate 5400.3 series, the
> 120GB ST9120822A. It's gone straight into an old IBM thinkpad T23 (1.13Ghz
> P3) without any issues. My date code is 09171 - drive purchased a couple
> of weeks ago.
>
> I hoping Seagate have this perpendicular storage technology working OK.
> These drives are their first ....
>
>
thanks for the Date Code info -
geee - we're already in 2009 :)

bought 2 different drives, to upgrade our already upgraded Dell C610
laptops...
Original drives were 30GB - upgraded one to 60GB -
Now have one 80GB Seagate ST980815A
and a 120GB Western Digital WD1200BEVE

put the 120GB into my laptop, but only partition 80GB
so my son wouldn't get jealous :)
May create a dual boot Knoppix in the other 30GB

both drives are really quiet
compared to the outgoing IBM/Hitachi Travelstar & Fujitsu

BTW - the power specs are a little different....
R/W - ST has 2w and WD has 2.5w
Idle - ST has .80 and WD has .85
Standby - ST has .20 and WD has .23

SO.. the ST might be a tad better on the battery life.

"Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message
news:6ojr6pF4293pU1@mid.individual.net...
> ps56k wrote:
>> just received a Seagate ST980815A disk (80GB)
>> to upgrade one of our laptops.
>>
>> It has a date code : 09127
>>
>> Any idea what that means ?? today is Nov 19, 2008
>
> Try the warranty checker on
> http://seagate.com/www/en-us/support (down at the moment)
>
> FWIW I've just installed a drive from the same Seagate 5400.3 series, the
> 120GB ST9120822A. It's gone straight into an old IBM thinkpad T23 (1.13Ghz
> P3) without any issues. My date code is 09171 - drive purchased a couple
> of weeks ago.
>
> I hoping Seagate have this perpendicular storage technology working OK.
> These drives are their first ....
>
>
thanks for the Date Code info -
geee - we're already in 2009 :)

bought 2 different drives, to upgrade our already upgraded Dell C610
laptops...
Original drives were 30GB - upgraded one to 60GB -
Now have one 80GB Seagate ST980815A
and a 120GB Western Digital WD1200BEVE

put the 120GB into my laptop, but only partition 80GB
so my son wouldn't get jealous :)
May create a dual boot Knoppix in the other 30GB

both drives are really quiet
compared to the outgoing IBM/Hitachi Travelstar & Fujitsu

BTW - the power specs are a little different....
R/W - ST has 2w and WD has 2.5w
Idle - ST has .80 and WD has .85
Standby - ST has .20 and WD has .23

SO.. the ST might be a tad better on the battery life.