Reputation: 20488
Is it possible to read/write the BIOS of my laptop? I want to grab my BIOS file with rom or bin extension. we can easily get bios information, but how can we grab/downlaod bios chipset file?
Upvotes: 0
Views: 2558
Reputation: 476
Take a look at win32 api function GetSystemFirmwareTable.
edit:
Above is valid for reading SMBIOS data. To read actual BIOS memory, code need to be run in kernel mode.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 19299
There is a Win32_BIOS WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) class that you will be able to instantiate and query through methods in the System.Management namespace. I don't know specifically if this class has a property for BIOS chipset - if not, you could maybe look at Win32_Processor although this is designed to return information on the CPU, not the BIOS.
Upvotes: 1