• Hardware & Motherboard Identification

    14Feb
    Categories: Tech Comments: 90

    I have always struggled to figure out what the make and model a motherboard or another piece of computer hardware is so that I can download the proper drivers for it. I had to read tiny little numbers (serial numbers, part numbers that weren’t always there, etc) and Google them with uncertain results.

    No longer! I have found two great little tools that display everything you ever wanted to know about a computer and more. In composite they display all the details about the hardware, plus the software you have installed, plus all the serial numbers for the software you have installed, etc, etc.

    The first is ASTRA32 and the second is Belarc Advisor. Both are totally free for personal use. I highly recommend them. I was just ripping apart (and putting back together) some computers (and going through driver travails in the process) and was reminded of these little gems. (The problem is I had to search through my multi-GB download folder to find them.) With this post, I’ll now know where to go to find them. This blog has become a resource to myself when I try to remember stuff. (”When did we take that trip?” “What was the date on this/that event?”) I’m sure my grandkids will find reading this blog amusing, as well. “Wasn’t Grandpa a funny/weird guy!!”

    Reposted from 9/2/2005: I just found several more great utilites to identify that hardware:
    CPU-z
    BIOS Wizard
    CTBIOS 1.5
    AMI Motherboard Identification Utility

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