What model # of 3 tb non fusion hard drive in late 2012 imac

What Model # of Hard drive is Apple using for the 3 tb non fusion late 2012 imac. 27"
If you have one, can you tell me what drive you have?
Thanks

polygoon wrote:
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On the very first boot, I was confronted with a flashing prohibitory symbol and nothing more. My only option was to perform an online system restore. This seemed to work and I figured the machine shipped without OS X installed, as strange as that seemed.
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I think that paragraph (actually, the first sentence) says it all. I would have returned the system at that point. By attempting to repair it yourself you may have caused further problems and certainly let Apple off of the hook for a bad system.
My system specs are the same as yours.
3.4 GHz i7
3TB Fusion Drive
32GB 1600 MHz DDR3
GeForce GTX 680MX 2048MB
OS X 10.8.2 (12C2037)
I have just over 1TB of my 3TB used up. I just ran the test and received the following results. Note that this is not the best test, just a typical one.
Also my storage shows a total of 3.11 TB where yours shows 3 TB:
And my Serial-ATA item shows the SSD where yours does not:
So I'd say it is time for a visit to Apple. Of course, you could try Apple phone support first if you think they could solve it over the phone. However, as it failed with the first boot (the OS is shipped on the flash) in a way that suggested a valid OS wasn't found, I suspect something is wrong with the flash hardware and a phone call won't solve it.

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        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
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   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         121.0 GB   disk0s2
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