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How to identify a device > Motherboard


This page explains how to identify the computer's Motherboard

dmidecode

The baseboard version is stored in the motherboard's DMI (Desktop Management Interface) zone. dmidecode can be used to read it.

Base Board Information

# dmidecode --type baseboard
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
        Manufacturer: LENOVO
        Product Name: 1952W5R
        Version: Not Available
        Serial Number: 0000000000


Handle 0x0025, DMI type 10, 6 bytes
On Board Device Information
        Type: Other
        Status: Disabled
        Description: IBM Embedded Security hardware

BIOS Version

The bios version is stored in the motherboard's DMI (Desktop Management Interface) zone. dmidecode can be used to read it.

# dmidecode --type 0
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
        Vendor: LENOVO
        Version: 79ETD2WW (2.12 )
        Release Date: 04/12/2007
        Address: 0xDC000
        Runtime Size: 144 kB
        ROM Size: 2048 kB
        Characteristics:
                PCI is supported
                PC Card (PCMCIA) is supported
                PNP is supported
                BIOS is upgradeable
                BIOS shadowing is allowed
                ESCD support is available
                Boot from CD is supported
                Selectable boot is supported
                BIOS ROM is socketed
                EDD is supported
                ACPI is supported
                USB legacy is supported
                BIOS boot specification is supported
                Targeted content distribution is supported
        BIOS Revision: 2.18
        Firmware Revision: 1.7

and

# dmidecode -t 13
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.

Handle 0x0027, DMI type 13, 22 bytes
BIOS Language Information
        Installable Languages: 1
                enUS
        Currently Installed Language: enUS

References

dmidecode(8)