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BIOS Update ?
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:52:29 -0400, Paul
wrote: From the first screen of the BIOS, I see: 09/04/2006-C51-MCP51-6A61HG0LC-00 That's at the very bottom line on the screen. Is that the "BIOS string" you were referring to? Yes, that's the BIOS string. If I Google that, I can sometimes find a reference to it. http://www.wimsbios.com/biosupdates/gigabyte.jsp Gigabyte GA-M55PLUS-S3G Athlon 1100 rev 0 FIB GA-M55PLUS-S3GV2 09/04/2006-C51-MCP51-6A61HG0LC-00 Confusing. Everything on that line looks right, except for the BIOS revision and the chipset. My board has the nVidia GeForce 6100 chipset. And if what I see near the top of the first BIOS screen is indicitive, the current BIOS revision is "FA". Maybe the list on that site is just not correct--but there is other confusion as well: On the corner of the board, I see "Rev. 1.2" But on the Gigabyte pages for BIOS updates, I see updates for boards of Revision 1.0, 2.1, and 3.0. No 1.2. So even without looking up the date of the BIOS, on the Gigabyte web site, I can guess at what release it might be (F1B). not "FIB"? One reason for using BIOS strings, is for tracing down motherboards which have no labels on the motherboard surface. Some of the PCChips branded motherboards, they have no label on the motherboard. For those motherboards, you use the BIOS string to try to figure out the motherboard information. Every little bit of information helps. I have the manual! It is definitely a Gigabyte GA-M55plus-S3G. What rev? The board says 1.2, but the Gigabyte page doesn't seem to know of a 1.2. Thank for your replies and suggestions. -- croy |
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