Accessing BIOS information on a running system

[Jerry Feldman]

On 03/31/2010 11:01 AM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:
> On 03/31/2010 10:44 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
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>> I have 2 Intel whitebox systems and one system is beeping (4 beeps). I=
'm
>> not sure what exactly the 4 beeps mean as I don't have a BIOS manual f=
or
>> the system (Intel Whitebox). I do have access to 2 similar running
>> systems, but I don't really know what the motherboard or BIOS is. This=

>> particular system has been unwell for a while since it was reporting
>> only 3 CPUs out of 4. If it is memory, I can probably fix that since I=

>> have a bunch of 1GB sticks.
>>
>> In any case, before I accidentally drop the system out the window onto=

>> the Riverside station, I want to try to figure out exactly what the 4
>> beep error code means on this system, but I need to know whose BIOS is=

>> in there.
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> $ sudo dmidecode -t bios
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>  =20
Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. I've used it before, but
I forgot the command.

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Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
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