How to find the size of the BIOS?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:42 pm
Im currently working on a project and need to be able to find the size of the BIOS.
I know that and easy way would be to cross ref it online and find the make/model etc etc but this is not what i need.
What i need is some sort of command possibly something like a WMIC command that displays the size of the chip.
The reason for this is that I will be looking for the start and finishing address for BIOS chips... BUT as the BIOS chips can change size in different machines I need to run a preliminary check that digs the size of the BIOS chip out of the computer before continuing with any other commands.
EG:
The starting address for a 1mb BIOS chip should be FFF00000 where as the starting address for a 2mb BIOS chip should be FFE00000.
Therefore I need the size of the chip before I can input the correct address range (hope this makes sense).
Many thanks
I know that and easy way would be to cross ref it online and find the make/model etc etc but this is not what i need.
What i need is some sort of command possibly something like a WMIC command that displays the size of the chip.
The reason for this is that I will be looking for the start and finishing address for BIOS chips... BUT as the BIOS chips can change size in different machines I need to run a preliminary check that digs the size of the BIOS chip out of the computer before continuing with any other commands.
EG:
The starting address for a 1mb BIOS chip should be FFF00000 where as the starting address for a 2mb BIOS chip should be FFE00000.
Therefore I need the size of the chip before I can input the correct address range (hope this makes sense).
Many thanks