26 Apr
2021
26 Apr
'21
8:47 a.m.
On Sunday 25 April 2021 16:06:10 E. Liddell wrote:
to find out if I have such a "weird incompatible
after reboot - the BIOS
copied from the boot sequence, and from digging through the BIOS itself
ASUS P5GC-VM
ACPI BIOS revision 2007
AMI BIOS 0407 build date 09/22/08
I can't find anything else (so far) from digging round in my system info, but
maybe I don't know where to look.
Bill
P.S. However, I did just discover this nifty little command, lshw, and here is
the output. (There's actually much more information, but it isn't pertinent
to the CPU and motherboard.)
lshw
<hostname>
description: Desktop Computer
product: System Product Name (To Be Filled By O.E.M.)
vendor: System manufacturer
version: Rev 1.xx
serial: SYS-1234567890
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 family=To Be Filled By
O.E.M. sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M. uuid=60770470-8DFE-D511-9F64-001D607F8E50
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: P5GC-VM
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: Rev x.xx
serial: MS1C79B00G03073
slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 0407
date: 09/22/2008
size: 64KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot
bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int
BIOS"?
We need a name and version number for the BIOS, I guess. Or else
the make and model of the motherboard.
The BIOS name should show up on screen at the beginning of the
boot sequence. Version number may be there too, or somewhere in
the BIOS configuration screens.
The motherboard's information might be in the BIOS configurator as
well, or you might be able to find it by opening the case and checking for
information silkscreened on the board itself.
That's the best I can do. We've gone somewhat beyond my areas of
expertise here. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure the combination of
a 32-bit BIOS and a 64-bit processor is even possible, but it seems
like a good idea to rule it out.
E. Liddell