Is there any way to tell what bios your motherboard has

[Crimson22]

Ok so I bought a GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L and an e7200 on 7/14. Unfortunately I didnt realize that there was a chance that the gigabyte motherboard may not support the e7200 out of the box and I do not have another chip to flash the bios. Is there any way to tell what bios the motherboard has on it w/o installing it??(like maybe a manufacturer date or something?)
Thanks!!!

 

[keeleysam]

For reference, I bought 12 of these boards from Newegg three weeks ago and all had the F4 BIOS.

 

[dawp]

sometime on the bios itself, thou not all vendors do this anymore. not sure without opening the box.

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: Crimson22
Is there any way to tell what bios the motherboard has on it w/o installing it??

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[Valis]

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[fritzfield]

Originally posted by: tcsenter

Originally posted by: Crimson22
Is there any way to tell what bios the motherboard has on it w/o installing it??

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[ZootyGray]

THIS - LMAO

I can only think if you had some serial number then that might be traceable - but good luck on the hard search.

Doesn't Giga do a nice friendly bios update? You mean the cpu won't even get you to bios? Or boot a floppy?

Sorry - I am a self-confessed AMD fanboy for ethical and personal reasons - you just gave me one more

Try borrow buddeez cpu. Or a repair shop. Or ask ntel. They care

Or do u feel lucky?

I have heard of this dilemma. Reminds me of the Via and Cyrix daze. Don't worry - you will get there. Maybe an RMA.

Where did u buy the board? - they really should deal with that. Give out free EEPROM chips.

I have an old Ford Crown Vic with a power gas cap cover - I wanted to syphon out the 3/4 tank of gas that's appreciating with interest - but the damm battery is dead