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Re: "BIOS serial number as shown on the power-up screen..."

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From: www.fijaksoft.prv.pl :)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 13:56
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> Witam!
> 
> //=============================================
> Q1: Is there an interrupt to get the BIOS serial number as shown on the
>    power-up screen?
> A: (Ralf Brown)
>    There is no general way to get the serial number.  In most cases,
> you
>    need to know the proper offset in the BIOS image for that particular
>    make, model, and revision of the BIOS (and that offset may not even
>    be present in the real-mode image loaded into shadow RAM!).
> 
>    Further, with a flashable BIOS, it is quite likely that every single
>    machine that has been updated with a downloadable upgrade from the
>    Web will have identical serial numbers, assuming they weren't
> already
>    identical as shipped from the factory with the original BIOS
> version.
>    Because of this, the BIOS serial number is essentially useless for
>    any identification purposes.
> //=============================================
> 
> Tak wiem otrzymalem odp. "There is no general way to get the serial
> number."
> Ale, moze jednak ktos zna jakis sposób? (z tego co wiem to te
> pytanie zostalo zadane w 2000 roku moze ktos cos jednak znalazl :P
> :)  )
> 
> Pozdrawiam!
> 
ja bym wierzyl ralphowi bo on z tego co pamietam jest tworca listy 
przerwan, pamieci portow, i jest to dosc obszerne, i profesjonalne. 
Wyglada na to moze musisz skupic sie na klilku najczestszych 
producentacjh biosow, i obczaic spsob na wykrywanie producenta, i wtedy 
sprawdzac wzgledem tego

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