Everyone may need someday to know (or to remember) what motherboard, or CPU, or BIOS is in his computer.
You don't need to open your computer. You don't need a third-party software.
It's very simple:
1) In Windows, open a command prompt window:
You'll usually find the icon in the Star menu:
Start > All programs > Accessories > Command prompt
2) Type or copy-paste one of the following commands and hit the ENTER/RETURN key:
- For Motherboard
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wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber
- Example:
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C:\Users\XXX>wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber Manufacturer Product SerialNumber Version ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8Z68-V PRO 109xxxxxx002078 Rev 1.xx
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wmic cpu get name,CurrentClockSpeed,MaxClockSpeed
- Example:
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C:\Users\XXX>wmic cpu get name,CurrentClockSpeed,MaxClockSpeed CurrentClockSpeed MaxClockSpeed Name 3094 3401 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz
For BIOSCode: Select all
wmic bios get name,serialnumber,version
- Example:
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C:\Users\XXX>wmic bios get name,serialnumber,version Name SerialNumber Version BIOS Date: 11/09/12 12:19:35 Ver: 36.03 System Serial Number ALASKA - 1072009
- Example:
This should work with any "modern" version of Windows (Windows NT, Vista, XP, Win7, Win8, and in the Win9 "Threshold" beta).
You can read more here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/libr ... 42610.aspx