How to Find Out Your Motherboard Manufacturer and Model
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So you are needing to understand some key information about your motherboard, but have no clue where to locate the needed info to determine the board that you do have? Not a problem. Just follow the instructions below…
Sooner or later you will need to know the manufacturer and exact model of your motherboard, especially if you do plan to upgrade your computer, since the upgrade capabilities of your computer are set by the motherboard model you have. You will need to know this information if you need to perform a BIOS upgrade or download your motherboard manual or drivers. A BIOS upgrade is needed to make your computer to recognize a new CPU, and the manual is necessary if you want to check how much RAM your computer is able to recognize, for example.
Finding out this information is not so easy, because many manufacturers simply don’t print on the motherboard their name or the model name. Also, you may want to check if the motherboard installed in your PC is really the model you ordered. Usually the warranty is void if you open your computer, so you will need to learn how to find out this information without opening your PC. Source: Hardware Secrets
Tags: cpu, bios, motherboard manufacturer, upgrade capabilities
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John Smith
May 18th, 2007
at 4:45pm
That’s it? You spend more than half of this article talking about why/when I’ll need this info - I don’t need to know why I need this info- I need the f*cking info!
Then your conclusions: It’s not easy. You need to find a way.
No sh*t sherlock! You spend all night on that clever deduction?
Is this information you’ve posted supposed to be useful to anyone who was asking themselves the question that is the title of this page? Honestly.
I mean, it says in big bold letters at the top Hardware Help. Is this what passes for help these days?