I recently discovered a nice little free program that takes a lot of the
guesswork out of determining the manufacturer of various hardware
components. I often find myself working on computers that the customers have
lost all the manuals and driver disks for. I used SiSoftSaundra for a long
time but that's not free and it's rather large. Lockergnome mentioned a
utility called Adia a while back and I tried it and have been using it ever
since. You can get information and download it at:
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32


William Pike
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 [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dean Kiley
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 10:48 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] motherboard identity

Good day list,

I am working on a machine that has an Intel "slot one" motherboard, and
there are no specific identifying features anywhere on the board. (bios
upgrade is what I have in mind) Recently I visited the Intel website and
found a utility that was able to determine the exact board by using the BIOS
string. With outside distractions, I failed to save the web page into my
favorites list, and now I can no longer seem to locate that page. During
POST, the bois string is not displayed long enough to copy it down.

I have the board narrowed down to these two, but can't be sure:
     Intel SE440BX
     Intel SE440BX-2
The bios upgrades are different for each board, so getting the exact upgrade
is what I have in mind instead of ending up with a rather large paper
weight!

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Dean Kiley

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