Tracing Manufacturer From BIOS

[Gog]

I have an unmarked BX MoBo, a while ago a friend told me I should be able to trace manufacturer details using the BIOS Serial No/ID. I'm considering a cpu upgrade (from P2 450) but think the bios will need an upgrade first. Anyone got any clues on this? I think it might be easier/provide better performance to ditch it and buy a t/bird 750 and new mobo - just have to sneak it past my wife.

Hmmmm... Donuts

 

[Arrow]

Does your computer show anything about the motherboard when booting up?

Rob
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[Gog]

Just the BIOS blurb , Award bios version xxx (sorry not got the details with at the moment) but nothing on mobo manufacturer. I don't feel confident about finding a bios upgrade without knowing the mobo manufacturer. The board is a pretty generic setup, slot 1, ATX, BX chipset AGP/PCI standard ports. But I'm not sure if the bios is set to support newer chips then the PII that is currently onboard. I want to upgrade but don't whether to try and get a P3 on this mobo or get a tbird 750/800M and a new mobo - if I do will I have to junk my PC 100 ram?

Hmmmm... Donuts

 

[Crashman]

Go to http://sysopt.earthweb.com/mboard.html they have a utility there and a link to the list.

Suicide is painless...........

 

[khha4113]

I'm not sure but this might help.
<b>http://www.ping.be/bios/</b>

 

[Guest]

If you unplug your keyboard and turn on your computer it will hang on the post screen and you can read your bios string off of that screen. You don't want the s/n off of the actual bios chip on the mobo.

www.motherboards.org has great resources for mobo id's.
-luck -matt

 

[Crashman]

That is one of the pages that sysopt page links you to.

Suicide is painless...........

 

[Crashman]

False! OEM and generic boards generally only give you a number, not a name, but that is the way to stop it long enough to read the number. But Pheonix bios does not even give you that. Fortunately there is a bios utility to figure it out!

Suicide is painless...........