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Identifying BIOS chip
Name: guyen Date: June 9, 2007 at 20:03:03 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: AMD ATHLON 64 Product: custom built
Comment:
Is there a universal way to identify the mark and model of the flash/EEPROM chip on the motherboard??? Thanks!
Both programs will give you info concerning the innards of your PC: Everest is probably more compehensive
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Response Number 2
Name: StuartS Date: June 10, 2007 at 02:27:33 Pacific
Reply:
If you want information on the firmware stored in the chip then the previous answerer is correct.
If you want to know the actual make and model of the chip itself then you are going to have to look at the numbers and letters on the chip and do a bit of research on Google.
Stuart
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Response Number 3
Name: Derek Date: June 10, 2007 at 15:44:41 Pacific
Reply:
I favor Everest over Belarc because I have known the latter to report its findings based on the software installed (which could be incorrect) whereas Everest reports on the hardware itself.
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