ever wonder who really built your HP?

Serial numbers of your unit reflect the ODM (origional Design Manufacturer) as follows.

CNF=Quanta (they build the dv 6000 and dv 9000 notebooks, all tablets in the tx series, as well as some Compaq (F500) models and possibly the HDX series)

CND=Compal (they build most Compaqs, dv4s and dv7s)

2CE=Wistron (dv 2000s as well as some of the newer dv series notebooks, G50/60/70 series as well as their Compaq clones)

CNU=Inventec (most business/enterprise class HP Compaq PCs, as well as the HP Mini 1000 series and 2133 Mini-Note and possibly the HDX series as well)

the next 3 digits in your serial reflect the date of manufacture (638=2006, 38th week).

 

Nice info thanks. I have 8530w built by Winstron it seems (never heard of them before I knew about quanta and compal though)

 

interesting, how did you figure this out? dv5t from quanta. are all dv5t's built by quanta?

 

Seems like me 9420 is from Compal. I coulda sworn I saw a sticker on the box saying compal even!

 

in a lot of cases it will say right on the box. I was just looking at a HP Mini and the shipping slip on the box says it came from Inventec.

 

Great info to have. Thanks

 

hmm,
guess my 8510p was built by inventec.
all the time i was under the impression that it was built by quanta, since the display it was delivered with was also a wsxga+ from quanta.

thanks for the info mate.
may we ask how you gathered this info ? did you check on several shipping boxes and the serials of the notebooks inside

 

the serials are usually listed on the outside of the box as well. that and the place it says they shipped from.

 

8510p-Inventec
guess the 8530 are built somewhere else because of the new body

 

my dv5t S/N is CNF848. so dv5t is made by quanta.

is there any quaility difference between these original manafacturers? does quanta make better laptop?

 

This is from digitimes

 

My EliteBook 8730w is built by Inventec, it seems.

/M