BIOS error

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:48:26 -0700 (PDT), Eric Demer wrote:
>sudo dmidecode | grep -A3 '^System Information'
>
>in shell.  That produced
>
>Manufacturer: Notebook
>Product Name: NV4XMB,ME,MZ
>Version: Not Applicable

Run

  sudo dmidecode --type bios

too.

My machine:

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ sudo dmidecode | grep -A3 '^System Information'
System Information
	Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
	Product Name: B85M-D3H
	Version: To be filled by O.E.M.
[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ sudo dmidecode --type bios
# dmidecode 3.3
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
	Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
	Version: F15
	Release Date: 08/20/2015
[snip]


"--type bios" does show the version of the mobo's firmware.

Google for "NV4" and support and/or bios update, then compare the
BIOS version and it's release date of your machine with the latest
version provided by the vendor.

On the quick I had no success, however, I found this note:

"The Linux 304.* legacy driver series is the last to support the NV4x
and G7x GPUs and motherboard chipsets based on them. Support for X.Org
xserver version 1.19 was added to the 304.* legacy driver series with
version 304.134, and support for Linux kernels up to Linux 4.13 was
added with version 304.137. No further releases from the 304.* series
are planned." -
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142/~/support-timeframes-for-unix-legacy-gpu-releases