Sometimes, a technician may not be aware, or unsure of a device board-id. Here are some methods of retrieving and confirming said data. You may then check if your device is supported in COMPATIBILITY.MD.
Step 1. Boot SMCFT shell, making sure 'startup.nsh' runs.
Step 2. Type smbinfo
then press enter.
Step 1. Boot SMCFT shell, you may skip loading 'startup.nsh'.
Step 2. Type smbiosview -t 2
, and press enter until you can see the ProductName
string.
Step 1. Dump the device SPIROM contents with a programmer.
Step 2. Open the dump in a hex editor.
Step 3. Head to offset 0x1064h
, the 8-byte board-id should be available.
⚠ This data is not present in pre-2012 EFIROM as there is no Platform Data Region (PDR).