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How to find the Manufacturer SubField in the Award Bios Numbers (by Wim's Bios Page)

Use BWZ utility to read your bios number (see utilities section)

Let's show you an example of an Award BIOS id: 2A59IZ1DC-00

The first 5 characters identify the chipset. 2A59I stands for the Intel Triton TX chipset.

The sixth & seventh character identify the manufacturer: in this case it's Z1.

The 8th character (most of the times, not always!) identifies the model. I say 'most of the times' because the manufacturer can use the same 8th character for all models based on a particular chipset!.

The C-00 at the end doesn't mean much.

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How to find the Manufacturer SubField in the AMI Bios Numbers (by Teach On Line)

1. Turn the system power off
2. Unplug your keyboard or hold down one of the keys on the keyboard
3. Power-on the system (you should get a keyboard error) or press pause when bios number shows.
4. Notice the long string of numbers in the lower left hand Corner of your screen. This is your BIOS identification string. It will look like one of these:
51-0102-zz5123-00111111-101094-AMIS123-P (BIOS from 1991 to present)
or
DINT-1123-04990-K8 (BIOS from 1986 -1990)

If the BOLD number is:

1, 2, 8, or a letter - it is a NON-AMI Taiwanese motherboard
3, 4, or 5 - it is a TRUE AMI motherboard
50 or 6 - it is a NON-AMI US made motherboard
9 - it is a Evaluation BIOS for a Taiwanese manufacturer
If you have a identification number that Corresponds to a NON-AMI motherboard you will need to Contact the Company or person who sold you the product.  .

To find your overseas motherboard manfacturer, please look at the third (3) set of numbers in your BIOS string.

EXAMPLE:

40-0100-001102-00101111-080893-SiS461-F, this BIOS string would be Soyo

51-0411-001771-00111111-071595-84439HX-F, this BIOS string would be Aopen

51-0529-001437-00111111-071595-I430TX-001_10_TX-H, this BIOS string would be Hsing Tech

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