Get BIOS Version through DMIDECODE on Linux
To check your BIOS version, issue the following at the prompt:
[root@mbpc ~]# dmidecode
# dmidecode 2.11
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
59 structures occupying 2935 bytes.
Table at 0x000F0100.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
Version: FC
Release Date: 08/02/2010
Address: 0xE0000
Runtime Size: 128 kB
ROM Size: 1024 kB
Characteristics:
ISA is supported
PCI is supported
PNP is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/360 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
CGA/mono video services are supported (int 10h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
LS-120 boot is supported
ATAPI Zip drive boot is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: GA-890XA-UD3
Version:
Serial Number:
UUID: 31433646-3635-3346-4643-3134FFFFFFFF
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number:
Family:
Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 8 bytes
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: GA-890XA-UD3
Version: x.x
Serial Number:
Sometimes the board won't show a version however as in the above but the date can be a good indicator as well as these are typically dated.
Cheers,
TK