Product Identification - HP Vectra XW Technical Reference Manual

4 HP BIOS
BIOS Addresses

Product Identification

The following product identification strings are located in the 64 KB BIOS
ROM data area.
Location Size
0F000:00F2h byte
0F000:00F3h byte
0F000:00F4h byte
0F000:00F5h byte
0F000:00F8h word
0F000:00FAh byte
0F000:00FCh word
0F000:00FEh byte
0F000:00FFh byte
0F000:0102h word
BIOS Version Number
0F000:00FCh = BIOS version number
Length = two bytes
Encoding is as follows:
ppss
where pp = Primary version number and ss = Secondary version number
All BIOS releases have GG as the prefix and 06 as the primary version
number.
For example; BIOS release GG.06.01 would be expressed as:
0601
Note that if you use DEBUG to look at the bytes, the numbers will be
reversed (0106).
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Contents Description
4Dh System number for HP Vectra XW and XU 6/xxx
14h Extended identification byte (14h = Pentium Pro)
speed (in MHz) High processor clock frequency
08h Low processor clock frequency
4646h HP Vectra computer ID (ASCII "FF")
FFh Product Identification
ppssh BIOS version number
(pp = primary number, ss = secondary number)
yyh ROM release year (since 1960)
nnh Week of the year stored in BCD
4850h Computer ID (ASCII "HP")