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How to distinguish between Columbia 5 and Columbia 5P motherboard
Situation
As the Columbia 5 and Columbia 5P motherboards have different BIOSes, it is important to know how to easily identify them, in order to avoid mis-flashing the BIOS.
Solution
The overview below shows the differences between the two motherboards.
  1. Physical
    Columbia 5P has a label in the lower left corner marked NF7 and has a front audio connector
    Columbia 5 has a label marked NF5 and does not have a front audio connector.
  2. Components
    The Columbia 5P videodriver will list the display adapter as SiS651C.
    The Columbia 5 videodriver will list SiS650/651 instead.
  3. BIOS
    BIOS of Columbia 5P shows 8SIMLNF-NF7 in the main BIOS screen.
    BIOS of Columbia 5 shows no code in the main BIOS screen.
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