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Title: How do I determine what MB is in a PC vie a software command?
Post by: batdog on May 15, 2002, 07:32:39 PM

Yea... I've a severe brain fart. I know there is a darn way but man, I can remember it.... anybody wanna tell this handsomehunk how?

xBAT

Title: How do I determine what MB is in a PC vie a software command?
Post by: Lephturn on May 16, 2002, 06:33:17 AM

Normally the best way is to boot the machine and read the BIOS post screen.  It usually will tell you the make of the mainboard somewhere on that screen.   Reboot it several times until you see the info you are looking for.

Other than that, it's probably silkscreened on the mainboard someplace.  You could also try motherboard Monitor, that might tell you the mainboard you have if it's at least 6 months old or more... I'm not sure how good it's detection routines are though.

Title: How do I determine what MB is in a PC vie a software command?
Post by: batdog on May 16, 2002, 09:18:39 AM

Thanks Lepth.... have no idea why the heck it didnt occure to me to check the post, doh.


Thank you
xBAT

Title: How do I determine what MB is in a PC vie a software command?
Post by: Furious on May 16, 2002, 01:13:39 PM

a great tool for this and many other things is SiSoftwares's SANDRA.

the url:  http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/sandra


F.

Title: How do I determine what MB is in a PC vie a software command?
Post by: motownjoe on May 16, 2002, 08:47:15 PM

you can try belarc advisor, it will tell you how much ram you have, how many slots you have on your board and your current configuration. It also gives you a wealth of info about your pc. You can find it at
http://www.belarc.com/Download.html

hope it helps