Manufacturers
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| Introduction
When adding large harddrives, USB devices, video cards, etc., sometimes the bios of the motherboard must be upgraded. Bios upgrades can fix problems, allow newer cpus, allow larger harddrives, fix video problems, allow different settings, and other things. Many people buy computers without really knowing who made the motherboard. Some computers come with a manual telling you who is the maker, others don't. But almost all of them can be identified by their bios number. If you flash your bios with the wrong BIOS upgrade, your system could stop booting. Some of the new motherboards can still boot this way, but need an ISA video card and a bootable floppy to reflash. I'm NOT RESPONSIBLE for Mistakes in this list ! Note: Trigem people can get bios files here: http://www.e4all.info/index.htm 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:
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!
You can contact some hardware vendors directly by matching digits 6 and 7 to the vendor codes (first column) in the table of Award Software hardware vendors, below.
NOTE: Not all Award Software hardware vendors are listed in this table.
Unicore Software (1-800-800-BIOS) handles all upgrades for Award Software BIOS products. Their e-mail address is sales@unicore.com.
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.
First identify your BIOS and then contact the vendor.
Manufacturers
| Code | Name | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| 00 | Hardware vendor is "generic" (unknown). For assistance in determining the hardware vendor, email support@unicore.com with BIOS ID data, plus any board ID codes you can find. | |
| A0 |
Asustek
US or
Asustek Twn |
(408) 474-0567 |
| A1 | Abit (Silicon Star) | (510) 623-0500 |
| A2 | A-Trend | (408) 745-0400 |
| A3 | ASI (Aquarius Systems Inc.) now BCM (Bcom Electronics Inc) | (818) 369-3690 |
| A7 | AVT Industrial Ltd. | (886)-2-749-5588 |
| A8 | Adcom | NA |
| AB | Aopen | NA |
| AD | Amaquest | |
| AK | Advantech | (800) 800-6889 US 886-2-2218-4567 Taiwan |
| AM | Achme (Mirage) | NA |
| AT | ASK Technology | NA |
| AX | Achitec | NA |
| AY | Unknown | |
| B0 | Biostar | See Web site |
| B1 | BEK-Tronic Technology | |
| B2 | Boser Technology Co. | |
| B3 | BCM (Bcom Electronics Inc.) also Packard Bell |
(714) 470-1888
(512) 833-9888 |
| C1 | Clevo | (909) 595-5123 |
| C2 | Chicony | (714) 380-0928 |
| C3 | ChainTech |
(562) 906-1698 (USA)
(494) 06969480 (Germany) |
| C5 | Chaplet | (408) 732-6159 |
| C9 | Computrend |
(800) 568-6388
(800) 828-9264 |
| CF | Flagpoint | NA |
| CS | CSS Laboratories or Gainward | |
| D0 | Data Expert | (408) 737-8880 |
| D1 | DTK |
Ch (847) 593-3080 IL (708) 593-3080
FL (305) 597-8888 GA (770) 279-1385 TX (713) 568-6688 CA (818) 810-0098 |
| D2 | Digital also Alternate URL | NA |
| D3 | Digicom |
(516) 496-2323
(408) 732-6159 |
| D4 | Diamond Flower | (916) 568-1234 |
| D7 | Daewoo | NA |
| DE | DualTech | |
| DI | DTC (Domex Technology) | |
| DJ | Darter | |
| DL | Delta Electronics Inc. | |
| E1 | ECS (Elitegroup) | (510) 226-7333 |
| E3 |
EFA
in Taiwan |
(408) 987-5400 |
| E4 | ESPCo | |
| E6 | Elonex | |
| EC | ENPC | |
| F0 |
FIC
US
FIC TW |
+510.252.7777
886.2.7174500 (800)-FICAOEM (OEMs only) |
| F1 | Flytech Group International | |
| F2 | Free Tech | (510) 226-2777 |
| F3 | Full Yes TW | (886)-2-917-6633 |
| F5 | Atima (Fugu Tech upgrades) or Fugu Tech (Chinese language) | +(510) 252-9088 (USA) +02-5230012 (Taiwan) |
| F8 | Formosa | |
| F9 | Fordlian (Red Fox Corp) | NA |
| FD | DataExpert or Atima or GCT | |
| FH | Amptron | |
| FN | Amptron | |
| G0 | Giga-Byte | 626 (854-9338) |
| G3 | Gemlight HK | (852)-2-344-1638 |
| G5 | GVC/BCM | |
| G9 | Global Circuit Technology | NA |
| GA | Gaintech Inc. | |
| GE | Zaapa Mainboard | |
| H0 (H9) |
Hsin-Tech
USA Taiwan |
(510) 353-0910 (USA) |
| H2 | HOLCO (Shuttle) | (408) 945-1480 |
| H7 | Hyosung Corporation | |
| HT | Amptron | |
| I3 |
IWill
IWill USA |
(800) 950-8999 |
| I4 | Inventa (Twn) | (886)-2-881-0721 |
| I5 | Informtech | (310) 836-8993 |
| I9 | ICP | |
| IC | Inventec | |
| IE | Itri | |
| J1 |
Jetway
(Twn)
USA support |
(818) 856-5800 |
| J2 |
Jamicon
USA
Netherlands |
(818) 333-9168 (US) |
| J3 | J-Bond | (408) 946-9622 |
| J4 | JETTA | (908) 329-9651 |
| J6 | Joss Tech | NA |
| K0 | Kapok | NA |
| K1 | Kamei | NA |
| KF | Kinpo Electronic | |
| L1 | Lucky Star | +886-2-299-0222 |
| L7 | Lanner Electronics Inc. | |
| L9 | Lucky Tiger | |
| LB | Leadtek | |
| M0 | Matra | (818) 855-1820 |
| M2 | Mycomp (TMC) |
(514) 335-2456
(408) 262-0888 |
| M3 | Mitac | (800) 756-2888 |
| M4 |
Micro-Star
(Achme) |
(510) 623-8818 |
| M8 | Mustek | (510) 475-5730 |
| M9 | MLE (M Technology) | (800) 780-3486 |
| MH | Macrotek | |
| N0 | Nexcom | |
| N5 | NEC also Alternate URL | NA |
| NM | Epox | |
| O0 | Ocean (Octek) | (818) 339-8888 |
| P1 | PC-Chip | NA |
| P4 | Asus | |
| P6 | Protech | |
| P8 | Azza | NA |
| P9 | PowerTech | NA |
| PA | Pronix (Epox) | (714) 990-8858 |
| PC | Pine | NA |
| PN | Procomp | |
| PR | Vtech (now PC Partner) | |
| PS | Palmax | |
| PX | Pionix | |
| PW | Protac International Corp. | |
| Q0 | Quanta | (886)-3-397-300 |
| Q1 |
QDI
(Twn)
QDI (US) QDI (Can) |
510-668-4933 |
| R0 | Rise (Mtech) | (408) 441-8818 |
| R2 | Rectron | NA |
| R9 | Rsaptek | |
| S2 |
Soyo
or
Soyo (Eur.) |
(818) 330-1712 |
| S5 | Shuttle (Holco) | (408) 945-1480 |
| S9 | Spring Circle (Out of Business) Unoffical Site | (909) 869-5599 |
| SA | Seanix | NA |
| SC | Sukung (Auhua Electronics Co. Ltd) | NA |
| SE | SMT (Sundance Multiprocessor Technology) | |
| SH | SYE (Shing Yunn Technology Co) | It's also Luckytech |
| SM | San-Li & Hope Vision | NA |
| SN | Soltek |
(818) 855-0700 (US)
886-2-642-9060 (Twn) |
| SW | S&D | |
| SX | SuperMicro | |
| T0 | Twinhead | (408) 945-0808 |
| T1 | Taemung or Fentech | |
| T4 | ? | |
| T5 | Tyan or Amptron | (408) 956-8000 |
| t5 | SkyWell or PC Chips | Suppose to be illegal Bios |
| T6 | Trigem (USA) | 1 (800) 766-4377 |
| T7 | Tatung | |
| TG | Tekram | |
| TJ | Totem (Twn) | +886-2-29996597 |
| TP | Commate also sold as DCS | |
| U0 | U-Board? | |
| U2 | AIR (UHC) | (408) 428-0800 |
| U3 | Umax | |
| U6 | Unitron | NA |
| U8 | Unknown | |
| V3 |
Vtech
(PC Partner) |
(847) 215-9806 (US) Upgrades available through PC Partners |
| V5 | Vision Top Technology | 886-2-22183511 (Taiwan) |
| V6 | VOBIS Germany or Netherlands | NA |
| V7 | YKM (Dayton Micro) | NA |
| W0 | Win Technology (Edom) |
(408) 748-6961
(510) 659-8882 |
| W5 | Winco | |
| X3 | Acorp | |
| X5 | Arima | |
| Y2 | Yamashita | |
| Z1 | Zida |
CAN (905) 474-9832 (Tomato Boards)
HK (852)-2-453-3000 US (914) 474-9832 |
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