Manual Firmware Identify

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Note: Many firmware pages transclude this page to provide identification instructions, providing a version in place of VERSION_NUM; see e.g. OLPC Firmware q3a46.

Which Firmware Do You Have?

If your machine is not in secure mode, and you obtain the Ok prompt, the firmware version is displayed in the startup banner, thus: 

 OLPC XO 1.5, 1 GiB memory installed, 4 GB internal storage, S/N SHF7250024D
 OpenFirmware  CL1   Q3A39 Q3A   EC Firmware Ver:1.9.30
                     ^^^^^

If your machine is in secure mode, you can go to the Terminal activity and type 

 cat /ofw/openprom/model

If your machine is in secure mode but the operating system will not start, just go ahead and try to upgrade the firmware anyway. The procedure is safe and will not do anything if you already have up-to-date firmware.

You can see the firmware version in secure mode by powering up with the "check" game button held down.

You can also go to the main Sugar screen, click on the little man and select "My Settings" then "About my Computer."

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