Reference number: CH000494

Determining type of hardware within computer.

Question:

Determining type of hardware within computer.

Additional information:

A user may need to find out the type of hardware that is installed in the computer for any of the below reasons.

1. Interested in purchasing a computer and would like to verify specifications.
2. Attempting to install or setup a hardware device and need to know the model and/or manufacturer of the device to properly install it.
3. Interested in selling the computer and need to know all the specifications on the computer.

Answer:

Below is a listing of different hardware devices in the computer and different methods of determining additional information about the hardware device. In addition to the below documents explaining how to detect the type of hardware document CH000017 lists software programs that can be used to hardware and other system settings.

CD-ROM drive
Controller
Floppy disk drive
Hard disk drive
Memory / RAM
Modem
Monitor
Motherboard
Network Card
Power Supply
Printer
Scanner
Sound Card
Video Card

  CD-ROM Drive

Reference	Issue / Question
CD-ROM	Information and help with computer CD-ROM drives.
CD-R	Information and help with computer CD-R drives.
CD-RW	Information and help with computer CD-RW drives.
DVD	Information and help with computer DVD drives.
CH000495	How do I determine what type of CD drive I have?

  Controller

Reference	Issue / Question
CH000550	How do I determine what type of controller I have?

  Floppy disk drive

Reference	Issue / Question
Floppy	Information and help with computer floppy disk drives.
CH000496	How do I determine what type of floppy drive I have?

  Hard disk drive

Reference	Issue / Question
Hard drive	Information and help with computer hard disk drives.
CH000497	How do I determine what type of hard drive I have?

  Memory / RAM

Reference	Issue / Question
Memory	Information and help with computer memory.
CH000149	How to determine system resources / RAM available?

  Modem

Reference	Issue / Question
Modem	Information and help with computer modems.
CH000498	How do I determine what type of modem I have?

  Monitor

Reference	Issue / Question
Monitor	Information and help with computer monitors.
CH000499	How do I determine what type of monitor I have?

  Motherboard

Reference	Issue / Question
Bus	Additional information and help with AGP, PCI, and other types of bus.
Motherboard	Information and help with computer motherboards.
CH000307	Determining the PCI Version.
CH000308	Determining the AGP Version.
CH000504	How to determine the type of motherboard in the computer.
CH000632	Identifying a unknown PCI card.
CH000634	How to determine the motherboards chipset.

  Network card / Ethernet adapter

Reference	Issue / Question
Network card	Information and help with computer network cards.
CH000500	How do I determine what type of network card I have?

  Power Supply / PSU

Reference	Issue / Question
Power Supply	Information and help with computer power supplies
CH000800	How do I determine how big my power supply is?

  Printer

Reference	Issue / Question
Printer	Information and help with computer printers.
CH000501	How do I determine what type of printer card I have?

  Scanner

Reference	Issue / Question
Scanner	Information and help with computer scanners.
CH000502	How do I determine what type of scanner card I have?

  Sound card

Reference	Issue / Question
Sound card	Information and help with computer sound cards.
CH000503	How do I determine what type of sound card card I have?

  Video card / Graphics card

Reference	Issue / Question
Video card	Information and help with video cards.
CH000258	How do I determine what type of video card I have?
CH000307	Determining the PCI Version.
CH000308	Determining the AGP Version.