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New BIOS identification string on Intel® Desktop Boards starting with 925 & 915 based products
| New Format: AABBBCDE.FFG.HHHH.IIII.JJKK.LLMM |
| New Format ex: CV92510A.86A.0193.2004.0609.1843 |
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| Key: |
| AA | - | Product identifier (EX. CV for Culver City) |
| BBB | - | Chipset identifier (EX. 925 for Chipset) |
| C | - | Increment of product version (Starts at 1) Increments for follow-on products (EX. 2 for D845GRG2) |
| D | - | Board Product version (Starts at 0) |
| E | - | Core indicator |
| FF | - | Customer identifier (EX. 86 for Intel Branded Board) |
| G | - | BIOS Core
| O | - | Phoenix (Legacy) | | A | - | AMI (Legacy) | | E | - | EFI | | H | - | Tiano | | J | - | Tiano | | K | - | Tiano | | L | - | Tiano |
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| HHHH | – | Build Number (incremented per build) |
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| IIII | – | Year |
| . |
| JJ | – | Month |
| KK | – | Day |
| . |
| LL | - | Hour |
| MM | - | Minute |
| Old Format: AABBBCDE.FFG.HHHH.III.JJKKLLMMNN |
| Old Format example: BZ87510A.86A.0102.P25.0406011350 |
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| These first 11 remain the same (See above for key): |
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| HHHH | – | Build Number (incremented only when released outside of BIOS team) |
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| I | - | Release Number (EX. P15, B05, A01, per Build type - see Key below) |
| . |
| JJ | - | Last 2 digits year |
| KK | - | Month |
| LL | - | Day |
| MM | - | Hour |
| NN | - | Minute |
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| Key: (Build Type) |
| | A | - | Alpha | | B | - | Beta | | D | - | Development | | P | - | Production (public) |
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