What Mother board do I have?

[Jay Stevens]

Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard and its
model number I have?
I tried System Tools>System Information and didn't see anything there.

Thanks

[Curt Christianson]

Hi Jay,

Although there are several, I use Belarc Advisor: http://www.belarc.com.
It's free, and has lots more info. than you even asked.

HTH,
--
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Jay Stevens wrote:
| Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard
| and its model number I have?
| I tried System Tools>System Information and didn't see anything there.
|
| Thanks

[Bruce Chambers]

Jay Stevens wrote:
> Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard and its
> model number I have?
> I tried System Tools>System Information and didn't see anything there.
>
> Thanks
>
>


1) Start > Run > MSinfo32.exe.

or

2) Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Information

or

3) Start > Run > DXDiag.exe.

or

4) Right-click My Computer > Manage > Device Manager.

or

5) If none of the built-in tools provide the information you want, you
can use these utilities to help determine the identities of your
computers components:

SiSoft's Sandra
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.php?dir=&location=sware_dl&lang=en

Belarc Advisor
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Unlimited Possibilities' AIDA32
http://forum.aumha.org/overflow/aida32.zip

or

6) Look in the manual/documentation that came with the computer.

or

7) Open computer case and look.


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[Curt Christianson]

| 7) Open computer case and look.


Awww geeez............... <vbg> (too much work!)

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"Bruce Chambers" > wrote in message
...

[Paul Johnson]

Jay Stevens wrote:

> Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard and its
> model number I have?

Yes. On the motherboard itself.

This can be located inside the computer's chasis, somewhere on the largest
board you see there should be some kind of make/model information or some
production number you can punch into Google to get the answer. Most people
will need a Phillips screwdriver and an IQ of about 80 to complete this
task.

[Eric]

"Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
...
> Jay Stevens wrote:
>
>> Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard and
>> its
>> model number I have?
>
> Yes. On the motherboard itself.
>
> This can be located inside the computer's chasis, somewhere on the largest
> board you see there should be some kind of make/model information or some
> production number you can punch into Google to get the answer. Most
> people
> will need a Phillips screwdriver and an IQ of about 80 to complete this
> task.
>

I'm not sure all motherboards have model numbers printed on them. I don't
recall seeing a number last I looked at one.
If the motherboard is in a working computer, it is much easier to find it
with a program.
I like http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php for MB/CPU/RAM info. It's small. It's
free. It's easy to use..

[just a thought]

"Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
...
> Jay Stevens wrote:
>
>> Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard and
>> its
>> model number I have?
>
> Yes. On the motherboard itself.
>
> This can be located inside the computer's chasis, somewhere on the largest
> board you see there should be some kind of make/model information or some
> production number you can punch into Google to get the answer. Most
> people
> will need a Phillips screwdriver and an IQ of about 80 to complete this
> task.

And most people with an IQ over 80 would know that it is easer to get the
info using Belarc or something like it.

[Paul Johnson]

Eric wrote:

> I'm not sure all motherboards have model numbers printed on them. I don't
> recall seeing a number last I looked at one.

In ten years, I've yet to find a motherboard that didn't have some
identifying number on a sticker or screenprinted on the motherboard that
didn't positively identify it with Google.

> If the motherboard is in a working computer, it is much easier to find it
> with a program.
> I like http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php for MB/CPU/RAM info. It's small.
> It's free. It's easy to use..

CPUZ is not free. Lack of fee doesn't make it free.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

[John John]

Paul Johnson wrote:

> Eric wrote:
>
>
>>I'm not sure all motherboards have model numbers printed on them. I don't
>>recall seeing a number last I looked at one.
>
>
> In ten years, I've yet to find a motherboard that didn't have some
> identifying number on a sticker or screenprinted on the motherboard that
> didn't positively identify it with Google.
>
>
>>If the motherboard is in a working computer, it is much easier to find it
>>with a program.
>>I like http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php for MB/CPU/RAM info. It's small.
>>It's free. It's easy to use..
>
>
> CPUZ is not free. Lack of fee doesn't make it free.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_Grandma_to_suck_eggs

John

[Eric]

"Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
...
> Eric wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure all motherboards have model numbers printed on them. I
>> don't
>> recall seeing a number last I looked at one.
>
> In ten years, I've yet to find a motherboard that didn't have some
> identifying number on a sticker or screenprinted on the motherboard that
> didn't positively identify it with Google.

Doesn't mean they all have them. What if the sticker was removed? What if
it's a model you haven't seen?
I've worked with computers for 15+ years and only saw a monitor
spontaneously combust once...
Sometimes stuff happens. The model number may be on it somewhere. It's
still easier to get the number from software if the MB is in a working PC.

>
>> If the motherboard is in a working computer, it is much easier to find it
>> with a program.
>> I like http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php for MB/CPU/RAM info. It's small.
>> It's free. It's easy to use..
>
> CPUZ is not free. Lack of fee doesn't make it free.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

Potato, Potahto.
It's not "free software" as in you don't get source to do what you want with
it, but then you don't need it.
You can download it and run it without paying anyone, or even getting
shareware messages that ask you to pay someone.

[Paul Johnson]

"just a thought" <none> wrote:

> "Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Jay Stevens wrote:
>>
>>> Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard and
>>> its
>>> model number I have?
>>
>> Yes. On the motherboard itself.
>>
>> This can be located inside the computer's chasis, somewhere on the
>> largest board you see there should be some kind of make/model information
>> or some
>> production number you can punch into Google to get the answer. Most
>> people
>> will need a Phillips screwdriver and an IQ of about 80 to complete this
>> task.
>
> And most people with an IQ over 80 would know that it is easer to get the
> info using Belarc or something like it.

More like lazier. Takes me two minutes to look it up on Google, takes
longer than that to find, download/insert into drive, and run Belarc even
if I have it with me.

[Bruce Chambers]

Paul Johnson wrote:
>
>
> In ten years, I've yet to find a motherboard that didn't have some
> identifying number on a sticker or screenprinted on the motherboard that
> didn't positively identify it with Google.
>


Google's been around for 10 years?


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[Paul Johnson]

Bruce Chambers wrote:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>>
>>
>> In ten years, I've yet to find a motherboard that didn't have some
>> identifying number on a sticker or screenprinted on the motherboard that
>> didn't positively identify it with Google.
>>
>
>
> Google's been around for 10 years?

Yes, though it was called BackRub back then and hosted on some student
server at Stanford or UMich. (I get which school Yahoo and Google started
at confused).

[Paul Johnson]

Eric wrote:

> It's not "free software" as in you don't get source to do what you want
> with it, but then you don't need it.

I would argue that you do, even if you don't plan to compile it. Many eyes
make bugs shallow: If you use software from well-known projects with lots
of developers, that's a pretty good endorsement that the software is clean
and does what it claims without doing stuff that it shouldn't. You also
have full disclosure of the bugs, which you don't get with freeware.

[RA]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> "just a thought" <none> wrote:
>
>> "Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Jay Stevens wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard
>>>> and its
>>>> model number I have?
>>>
>>> Yes. On the motherboard itself.
>>>
>>> This can be located inside the computer's chasis, somewhere on the
>>> largest board you see there should be some kind of make/model
>>> information or some
>>> production number you can punch into Google to get the answer. Most
>>> people
>>> will need a Phillips screwdriver and an IQ of about 80 to complete
>>> this task.
>>
>> And most people with an IQ over 80 would know that it is easer to
>> get the info using Belarc or something like it.
>
> More like lazier. Takes me two minutes to look it up on Google, takes
> longer than that to find, download/insert into drive, and run Belarc
> even if I have it with me.

Lazy has nothing to do with it. I prefer the fastest, easiest way to do
things, whenever possible. I guess my gramma would call that lazy because
anything worth doing should be a bit of work, in her mind. Gets you more
points in heaven if you sweat.
I keep belarc on a usb mini drive. 1/2 second to pop it in, 2 seconda to
locate it on the drive, about a minute to run it. 3 seconds to find info and
read it.
How long does it take get your screwdriver and open the case? And then put
it back together again?

[Paul Johnson]

RA wrote:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> "just a thought" <none> wrote:
>>
>>> "Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Jay Stevens wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what motherboard
>>>>> and its
>>>>> model number I have?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. On the motherboard itself.
>>>>
>>>> This can be located inside the computer's chasis, somewhere on the
>>>> largest board you see there should be some kind of make/model
>>>> information or some
>>>> production number you can punch into Google to get the answer. Most
>>>> people
>>>> will need a Phillips screwdriver and an IQ of about 80 to complete
>>>> this task.
>>>
>>> And most people with an IQ over 80 would know that it is easer to
>>> get the info using Belarc or something like it.
>>
>> More like lazier. Takes me two minutes to look it up on Google, takes
>> longer than that to find, download/insert into drive, and run Belarc
>> even if I have it with me.
>
> Lazy has nothing to do with it. I prefer the fastest, easiest way to do
> things, whenever possible. I guess my gramma would call that lazy because
> anything worth doing should be a bit of work, in her mind. Gets you more
> points in heaven if you sweat.

I prefer not carrying around binaries that I can't audit. If you want to
run untrustable binaries on every machine you come across, don't come
whining to anyone that that kind of mental retardation doesn't eventually
come back to burn you.

[RA]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> RA wrote:
>
>> Paul Johnson wrote:
>>> "just a thought" <none> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Jay Stevens wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there somewhere on my computer where I can see what
>>>>>> motherboard and its
>>>>>> model number I have?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. On the motherboard itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> This can be located inside the computer's chasis, somewhere on the
>>>>> largest board you see there should be some kind of make/model
>>>>> information or some
>>>>> production number you can punch into Google to get the answer.
>>>>> Most people
>>>>> will need a Phillips screwdriver and an IQ of about 80 to complete
>>>>> this task.
>>>>
>>>> And most people with an IQ over 80 would know that it is easer to
>>>> get the info using Belarc or something like it.
>>>
>>> More like lazier. Takes me two minutes to look it up on Google,
>>> takes longer than that to find, download/insert into drive, and run
>>> Belarc even if I have it with me.
>>
>> Lazy has nothing to do with it. I prefer the fastest, easiest way to
>> do things, whenever possible. I guess my gramma would call that lazy
>> because anything worth doing should be a bit of work, in her mind.
>> Gets you more points in heaven if you sweat.
>
> I prefer not carrying around binaries that I can't audit. If you
> want to run untrustable binaries on every machine you come across,
> don't come whining to anyone that that kind of mental retardation
> doesn't eventually come back to burn you.

Whatever.

[nonny]

> don't come whining to anyone that that kind of mental retardation
> doesn't eventually come back to burn you.

That piece of a sentence makes no sense at all.

[Paul Johnson]

nonny wrote:

>> don't come whining to anyone that that kind of mental retardation
>> doesn't eventually come back to burn you.
>
> That piece of a sentence makes no sense at all.

Sure it does. Consider that many eyes make bugs shallow.

If the public has no access to the source, the public has no assurance that
what they're getting in that black box of a binary does what it claims
without being a security hazard or a danger to their system. You wouldn't
trust your medicine to such methods, would you?
Which do you trust to do what it claims more and why?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol

So what makes proprietary products with no peer review any smarter in
software?

[nonny]

Paul Johnson wrote:
> nonny wrote:
>
>>> don't come whining to anyone that that kind of mental retardation
>>> doesn't eventually come back to burn you.
>>
>> That piece of a sentence makes no sense at all.
>
> Sure it does. Consider that many eyes make bugs shallow.
>
> If the public has no access to the source, the public has no
> assurance that what they're getting in that black box of a binary
> does what it claims without being a security hazard or a danger to
> their system. You wouldn't trust your medicine to such methods,
> would you?
> Which do you trust to do what it claims more and why?

I mean grammatically, you pompous fool. You sound like the cincy2 guy after
he finally takes his medication.

[Eric]

"Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
...
> nonny wrote:
>
>>> don't come whining to anyone that that kind of mental retardation
>>> doesn't eventually come back to burn you.
>>
>> That piece of a sentence makes no sense at all.
>
> Sure it does. Consider that many eyes make bugs shallow.
>
> If the public has no access to the source, the public has no assurance
> that
> what they're getting in that black box of a binary does what it claims
> without being a security hazard or a danger to their system. You wouldn't
> trust your medicine to such methods, would you?
> Which do you trust to do what it claims more and why?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyte
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol
>
> So what makes proprietary products with no peer review any smarter in
> software?

You make your own medicine?
Most of us trust that it works as it's supposed to when the doctors approve
of it.
If you can't trust software works as it's supposed to from the people who
put it on the web for download, you do your own test. Run an AV check on
it, install a program that monitors for registry changes, run the program on
a PC with no sensitive data on it, then

[Paul Johnson]

Eric wrote:

>
> "Paul Johnson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> nonny wrote:
>>
>>>> don't come whining to anyone that that kind of mental retardation
>>>> doesn't eventually come back to burn you.
>>>
>>> That piece of a sentence makes no sense at all.
>>
>> Sure it does. Consider that many eyes make bugs shallow.
>>
>> If the public has no access to the source, the public has no assurance
>> that
>> what they're getting in that black box of a binary does what it claims
>> without being a security hazard or a danger to their system. You
>> wouldn't trust your medicine to such methods, would you?
>> Which do you trust to do what it claims more and why?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyte
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol
>>
>> So what makes proprietary products with no peer review any smarter in
>> software?
>
> You make your own medicine?

No.

> Most of us trust that it works as it's supposed to when the doctors
> approve of it.

And the doctors get a chance to approve of it because open review of the
medication in question is required for safety and to make sure it does what
it's supposed to without side effects. Medicine is essentially open source
when it comes to QA.

> If you can't trust software works as it's supposed to from the people who
> put it on the web for download, you do your own test. Run an AV check on
> it, install a program that monitors for registry changes, run the program
> on a PC with no sensitive data on it, then

No sensitive data and no connection to the Internet. You can't trust a
black box any more than you can trust the unknowable.