Hi fellows, I am stuck in this problem: I bought a mainboard from somewhere without manuals, without nothing. Now, I need to know (for a BIOS update) what manufactor is behind that board. Is there any Linux tool that can read that data out for me? ANY help appreciated. -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I
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This info can be found with dmesg, I think. Open a terminal and type: dmesg | grep Board Then, use the resulting info and do a websearch. The manufacturer should carry the manuals and BIOS updates and all that For example, here's what I typed and here are the results: ron@500mhz:~ > dmesg | grep Board Board Vendor: Tekram Technology Co., Ltd.. Board Name: P6PROA5. Board Version: Rev. 1.0. A good motherboard source is http://www.motherboards.org. I hope this helps... On Monday 10 September 2001 15:38, Oliver Ob wrote:
Hi fellows,
I am stuck in this problem:
I bought a mainboard from somewhere without manuals, without nothing. Now, I need to know (for a BIOS update) what manufactor is behind that board.
Is there any Linux tool that can read that data out for me?
ANY help appreciated.
Il 09:15, lunedì 10 settembre 2001, Ron Sinclair ha scritto:
This info can be found with dmesg, I think.
Open a terminal and type:
dmesg | grep Board
Then, use the resulting info and do a websearch. The manufacturer should carry the manuals and BIOS updates and all that
I have tried and it does not show me any result. But I hope it solves Olly's problem.-) Tazio
Praise wrote:
Il 09:15, lunedì 10 settembre 2001, Ron Sinclair ha scritto:
This info can be found with dmesg, I think.
Open a terminal and type:
dmesg | grep Board
Then, use the resulting info and do a websearch. The manufacturer should carry the manuals and BIOS updates and all that
I have tried and it does not show me any result. But I hope it solves Olly's problem.-)
Tazio
The bios information the appears at the bottom of the screen during bootup, contains information about the board manufactuer. You need to write down this entire sequence of numbers and letters. I don't have the URL anymore, but there is/was a site on the internet that would break this information down and tell you what manufactuer that bios was developed for. As far as the model number of the board goes, it may be indicated on the side of one of the ISA/PCI connectors. Hopes this sends you in the right direction. Nevada
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Nevada wrote:
The bios information the appears at the bottom of the screen during bootup, contains information about the board manufactuer. You need to write down this entire sequence of numbers and letters. I don't have the URL anymore, but there is/was a site on the internet that would break this information down and tell you what manufactuer that bios was developed for.
http://www.wimsbios.com/numbers.shtml Only Award & AMI BIOS though iirc. regards, Dave. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.suse.de/~davej | SuSE Labs
Nevada wrote:
Praise wrote:
Il 09:15, lunedì 10 settembre 2001, Ron Sinclair ha scritto:
This info can be found with dmesg, I think.
Open a terminal and type:
dmesg | grep Board
Then, use the resulting info and do a websearch. The manufacturer should carry the manuals and BIOS updates and all that
I have tried and it does not show me any result. But I hope it solves Olly's problem.-)
It did not, because that grep did not respond anything. Right?
The bios information the appears at the bottom of the screen during bootup, contains information about the board manufactuer. You need to write down this entire sequence of numbers and letters. I don't have the URL anymore, but there is/was a site on the internet that would break this information down and tell you what manufactuer that bios was developed for.
As far as the model number of the board goes, it may be indicated on the side of one of the ISA/PCI connectors.
I have taken a look there, but there is nothing affixed there.
Hopes this sends you in the right direction.
sort of. gonna try. but hey thanks for yer efforts dudes!
Nevada
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Praise schrieb:
Il 09:15, lunedì 10 settembre 2001, Ron Sinclair ha scritto:
This info can be found with dmesg, I think.
Open a terminal and type:
dmesg | grep Board
Then, use the resulting info and do a websearch. The manufacturer should carry the manuals and BIOS updates and all that
I have tried and it does not show me any result. But I hope it solves Olly's problem.-)
Tazio
Did not show me anything. But thanks for the idea. (I even tried ....grep "Board") -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I
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I can get mainboard data in my dmesg on this machine and was surprised no one else could. Is this mainboard specific? I ask this because I ran the same command on my other box and it didn't show anything. Wierd... -- Ron Sinclair @ http://www.wigglit.com
Did not show me anything. But thanks for the idea. (I even tried ....grep "Board")
mine does not show nothing neither machine
On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 07:19:04 +0900
Ron Sinclair
I can get mainboard data in my dmesg on this machine and was surprised no one else could. Is this mainboard specific? I ask this because I ran the same command on my other box and it didn't show anything.
Wierd...
-- Ron Sinclair @ http://www.wigglit.com
Did not show me anything. But thanks for the idea. (I even tried ....grep "Board")
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Landy Roman wrote:
I can get mainboard data in my dmesg on this machine and was surprised no one else could. Is this mainboard specific? I ask this because I ran the same command on my other box and it didn't show anything. Wierd... mine does not show nothing neither machine
The feature being described is the DMI scanner in the kernel, which on some versions (Mostly -ac kernels) was set to verbose, and printed such info during boot. You can grab a userspace tool to print these tables from ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/DMI/dmidecode.c (Needs to run as root) regards, Dave. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.suse.de/~davej | SuSE Labs
The DMI scanner is getting this info from somewhere on the mainboard then, I take it. Everyone that's using Suse 7.X right out of the box (kernel NOT upgraded)...their kernel should be using DMI scanner in verbose mode then? If so, they should be seeing mainboard data when they use 'dmesg | grep "Board", right? So far, I think I'm the only one here who has seen his mainboard data in 'dmesg'. Then again, I'm probably the only one here who's running Suse 7.1 with the STOCK kernels. :o) -- Ron Sinclair @ http://www.wigglit.com
The feature being described is the DMI scanner in the kernel, which on some versions (Mostly -ac kernels) was set to verbose, and printed such info during boot.
You can grab a userspace tool to print these tables from ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/DMI/dmidecode.c
(Needs to run as root)
regards,
Dave.
On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Ron Sinclair wrote:
The DMI scanner is getting this info from somewhere on the mainboard then, I take it.
Nod, Tables held in the BIOS.
Everyone that's using Suse 7.X right out of the box (kernel NOT upgraded)...their kernel should be using DMI scanner in verbose mode then?
Some early SuSE kernels may have had this in verbose mode, yes. More recent ones have it turned off iirc.
If so, they should be seeing mainboard data when they use 'dmesg | grep "Board", right?
*nod*
So far, I think I'm the only one here who has seen his mainboard data in 'dmesg'. Then again, I'm probably the only one here who's running Suse 7.1 with the STOCK kernels. :o)
That would explain it :) regards, Dave. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.suse.de/~davej | SuSE Labs
Ron Sinclair schrieb:
The DMI scanner is getting this info from somewhere on the mainboard then, I take it.
Everyone that's using Suse 7.X right out of the box (kernel NOT upgraded)...their kernel should be using DMI scanner in verbose mode then? If so, they should be seeing mainboard data when they use 'dmesg | grep "Board", right?
So far, I think I'm the only one here who has seen his mainboard data in 'dmesg'. Then again, I'm probably the only one here who's running Suse 7.1 with the STOCK kernels. :o)
Well no. But I run 7.0 stocks. -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I
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What's your dmesg say in regards to you mainboard if you use 'dmesg | grep "Board"? Nothing? On Saturday 29 September 2001 06:57, you wrote:
So far, I think I'm the only one here who has seen his mainboard data in 'dmesg'. Then again, I'm probably the only one here who's running Suse 7.1 with the STOCK kernels. :o)
Well no. But I run 7.0 stocks.
Ron Sinclair schrieb:
What's your dmesg say in regards to you mainboard if you use 'dmesg | grep "Board"? Nothing?
On Saturday 29 September 2001 06:57, you wrote:
So far, I think I'm the only one here who has seen his mainboard data in 'dmesg'. Then again, I'm probably the only one here who's running Suse 7.1 with the STOCK kernels. :o)
Well no. But I run 7.0 stocks.
nothing. -- *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ =Oliver@home= *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/Olli/olli.html I I http://www.bmw-roadster.de/Friends/friends.html I I http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VGAP-93 I I http://home.t-online.de/home/spacecraft.portal I
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