So those are pretty much all the different ways you can determine your BIOS version. The program also gives you a lot of other system info on CPU, RAM, Storage, etc. It’s from the same company that created CCleaner, one of the best maintenance tools for Windows PCs.Ĭlick on Motherboard and then you’ll see a section called BIOS that gives you the Brand, Version and Date of the BIOS. If you’d prefer to use a third-party utility that can give you other information about your computer too, then a good option is Speccy. Note that you won’t see this option if your BIOS isn’t UEFI. This is the same method for getting Windows 8 into Safe Mode, but instead of clicking on Startup Settings, you should click on UEFI Firmware Settings. Once there, you have to click on Troubleshoot and then Advanced Options. In those cases, you have to boot to the System Recovery Options screen. If you are using a newer computer running Windows 8 with UEFI instead of the traditional BIOS, you won’t be able to press any key during startup. Since the BIOS interface is different for just about every computer manufacturer, you will have to navigate around until you see BIOS Revision or BIOS Version. Other computer manufacturers may have a different key to enter setup, but it will usually tell you which key to press. If not, you can enter the BIOS setup by pressing F12, DEL, F10 or F12 when it shows up during startup. Some computers, including Dell, show you the BIOS version number when the computer first boots up. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\SystemĪnd you’ll see several keys related to the BIOS, including SystemBiosDate, SystemBiosVersion, VideoBiosDate, and VideoBiosVersion.Īnother method to determine the BIOS version on your computer is to simply restart the computer. Just about everything in Windows is stored in the Registry and the version of the BIOS is no exception! Go to the following key: However, there are more commands that will get you a bit more info. The command line will just give you the version number of the BIOS and that’s pretty much it. Command LineĪnother easy way to determine your BIOS version without rebooting the machine is to open a command prompt and type in the following command:
Now you know the current version of your BIOS.
In the System Summary section, you should see an item called BIOS Version/Date.
This will bring up the Windows System information dialog box. Click on Start, choose Run and type in msinfo32.
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