System Bios; Bios Identification String; Logo/Diagnostic Screen - Intel X38ML - Server Board Motherboard Technical Manual

Intel® Server Board X38ML
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System BIOS

4.1

BIOS Identification String

The BIOS identification string uniquely identifies the revision of the BIOS. The string is formatted
as follows:
BoardFamilyID.OEMID.MajorRev.MinorRev.BuildID.BuildDateTime
Where:
BoardFamilyID = String name for this board family
OEMID = Three-character OEM ID. "86B" is used for Intel
MajorRev = Two decimal digits
MinorRev = Two decimal digits
BuildID = Four decimal digits
BuildDateTime = Build date and time in MMDDYYYYHHMM format:
MM = Two-digit month
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DD = Two-digit day of month
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YYYY = Four-digit year
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HH = Two-digit hour using 24-hour clock
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M = Two-digit minute
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For example, BIOS Build 3, generated on Jan 21, 2006 at 11:59 AM has the following BIOS ID
string displayed in the POST diagnostic screen:
S3200X38.86B.01.00.0003.012120061159
The BIOS version in the Setup Utility is displayed as:
S3200X38.86B.01.00.0003
The BIOS ID is identifies the BIOS image. It is not used to designate the board ID (S3200X38)
or the BIOS phase (Alpha, Beta, and so on). Support for INT15H, Function DA8Ch (Get
BIOSID) was removed. The BIOS ID is available in the SMBIOS type 0 structure and in BIOS
Setup.
The Board ID is available in the SMBIOS type 2 structure and in BIOS Setup. You can
determine the phase of the BIOS by the release notes associated with the image.
4.2

Logo/Diagnostic Screen

The Logo/Diagnostic Screen is in one of two forms given below:
Revision 1.3
Intel order number E15331-006
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Server Boards
System BIOS
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