What Mother board do I have?

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

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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http://www.aumha.org/

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

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.ph...are_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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| 7) Open computer case and look.


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

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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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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?

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.

"Paul Johnson" <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message
news:0ngi74xk1s.ln2@ursa-major.ursine.ca...
> 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..

"Paul Johnson" <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message
news:0ngi74xk1s.ln2@ursa-major.ursine.ca...
> 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.

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

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/Teachin...a_to_suck_eggs

John

"Paul Johnson" <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message
news:0r5l74xhdr.ln2@ursa-major.ursine.ca...
> 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 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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"just a thought" <none> wrote:

> "Paul Johnson" <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message
> news:0ngi74xk1s.ln2@ursa-major.ursine.ca...
>> 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 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).

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.

Paul Johnson wrote:
> "just a thought" <none> wrote:
>
>> "Paul Johnson" <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote in message
>> news:0ngi74xk1s.ln2@ursa-major.ursine.ca...
>>> 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?