MotherBoard Manufacture List

In general BIOS software products are sold to a board or system manufacturer ("hardware vendor"), who customizes them further before selling the system. Award Software or AMI, or most likely any other BIOS Vendor cannot supply upgrades for a BIOS that has been subsequently modified by hardware vendors.

But we can show you where to obtain upgrades for your BIOS.

There are two sources of BIOS upgrades:

• Unicore Software (1-800-800-BIOS) handles all upgrades for BIOS products. Their e-mail address is [email protected].
  
  Unicore Software specializes in BIOS upgrades when the hardware vendor no longer supports your system. Additionally, upgrades from Unicore Software often support new technologies (such as larger hard drives, removable boot media, and new processors) that were unavailable when your system was designed.
  
• The hardware vendor that designed your system is the best source for bug fixes and answers about your system.

Do not contact BIOS Manufacture for BIOS upgrades.

Identifying Your BIOS

To identify the BIOS customized for your system board, the hardware or BIOS vendor needs this BIOS ID information:

Version
Part number
Release date

This information appears at the bottom of your screen after power on, during memory count up. Press the PAUSE key (it should work at that point) to pause the screen so you can read the part number, the release date, and the version.

Contacting Your Hardware Vendor

Part of the BIOS serial number identifies the vendor:

1. Look at characters 6 and 7 in the serial number.
   For example, if the BIOS serial number is 2A59FA3C, the characters A and 3 are important.
   
   NOTE: Characters may be letters or numbers. Be sure to notice if letters are UPPERCASE or lowercase!
   
2. You can contact some hardware vendors directly by matching digits 6 and 7 to the vendor codes (first column) in the table below.
   
3. NOTE: Not all hardware vendors are listed in this table. Contact Unicore Software if the vendor code from your BIOS serial number is not in the table or if you cannot obtain support from your hardware vendor. They need the BIOS ID data (version, serial number, and release date) to help you.
   
   There are also many other Web pages that list motherboard manufacturers; click here (exlinx.com) for a list of Web technical resources.

Hardware Vendors