On Sat, 2024-08-31 at 09:26 -0600, home user via users wrote:
> > You check the motherboard manufacturer's web page for BIOS updates. For
> > an 11-year old mobo it's unlikely that there'll be anything recent, but
> > you may get a more up to date version of the firmware than what you
> > have. In my case my mobo was also 11 years old (an MSI) and the last
> > update was several years ago. The mobo still worked but I got a new one
> > because I wanted M.2 slots and higher RAM capacity. Getting rid of the
> > ACPI warnings was a bonus.
> >
> > poc
>
> My apologies for wording my question vaguely.
>
> I think that when I bought this workstation 11 years ago, I bought
> the motherboard separately from the tower. But it was 11 years ago,
> so I'm quite uncertain. The motherboard might have come with the
> tower. The tower has an ASUS tag on its front panel/door, but that's
> all. Jeff wanted me to provide "make/model of the computer and the
> firmware revision". I don't know how to get that information.
Use inxi, e.g.:
$ sudo inxi -M
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7E27 v: 1.0 serial: N/A
Mobo: Micro-Star model: PRO B650M-P (MS-7E27) v: 1.0
serial: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.B0
date: 07/25/2024
dmidecode may also be useful (man dmidecode).
poc
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