[CJ1985]

I may have posted this in the wrong board, if so I apologize. I read each category board, and I wasn't sure which one it would fit into as far as my question goes.

If this is the wrong category for my question, please let me know which one it would fit in so I know for future reference. Thanks!

As to my question, I was wondering if there is such a thing where I could go online and get my computer specs scanned. For example, sometimes there is an online scanner that gets information from your computer to tell you what is what that is on your computer. Say you want to know what all programs you have installed on your computer, you use a program and it lists the programs.

Well it's kind of like that, but instead it tells you all your computer specs. Such as, motherboard and what type it is, ram and how much of it you have, etc. I hope this makes sense? Anyone know of where I can find such a thing? I know you can locate this on your computer, but some times it doesn't tell you everything. Just the basics.

Thanks, and I appreciate your help!

[Jason]

I've moved this to the General Software forum.

EVEREST Free Edition is good one, but it's outdated since support was discontinued.

I use System Information for Windows and find it very useful.

[Blackmirror]

I use this one
System Spec- Portable System Information Utility

[CJ1985]

I've moved this to the General Software forum.

Thanks, durr me! I don't know I kind of thought of it as a different type of place to post things. I guess I have to dig deeper some times.

EVEREST Free Edition is good one, but it's outdated since support was discontinued.

I use System Information for Windows and find it very useful.

I checked out both, liked the looks of the second one but couldn't figure it out. I tried installing it to my computer, but it seemed to saying some thing about needing Internet Information Systems website. Had no clue! But thanks though, I appreciate it!

System Spec- Portable System Information Utility

This one worked, and seems to be just what I was looking for. It's user friendly, and very understandable and not too hard to figure out.

Thanks to both of you guys!

[Jason]

This is the download link for SIW: http://www.gtopala.com/download/siw.exe.

Should just work out of the box -- I just downloaded it again and had no problems. Give the link above a try and see if it works.

Thanks, durr me! I don't know I kind of thought of it as a different type of place to post things. I guess I have to dig deeper some times.

No worries -- easy mistake and only takes seconds to move.

[CJ1985]

Thanks. Also, just curious... Do I have it right for my computer specs? lol I'm just curious because that is why I asked this question.

[Jason]

I'm not sure since I don't know what your system specs are. The software should be able to tell you.

[CJ1985]

This is the download link for SIW: http://www.gtopala.com/download/siw.exe.

Should just work out of the box -- I just downloaded it again and had no problems. Give the link above a try and see if it works.

Yeah, I got it to download with the link you gave me the second time. But this one seems more complicated no offense. I like easy... lol Makes my life easier, ha! The first program I downloaded that worked for me was what blackmirror suggested. No offense!

I'm not sure since I don't know what your system specs are. The software should be able to tell you.

Yeah, I tried both. The other one was a little easier. I do believe though I got everything correct, to my knowledge anyways. Thanks again!

[Rik]

www.crucial.com, their scanner will help with memory and also gives you a fair bit of other useful information too.

[steveie85]

There is a program from Auslogics. It has to be downloaded and installed but it is the most detailed one I have seen out there. It also gives you little pie charts and tells you totals of hard drive space, how much is used and how much is free and displays it on a pie chart. It also does it for RAM and a few other things. It also tells you about your DirectX and OpenGL, and all programs you have and any updates that are installed.

[Blackmirror]

System Information About Your Computer Hardware and Software
I think thats the one Stevie

[steveie85]

Yea thats the one. I wasn't at my computer where I have the link for it. Probably could went to download.com and got the link.

[CJ1985]

Very nice! Thanks Rik, Blackmirror and Stevie85! I appreciate it.

[Rik]

No problem at all!

I sort pc's out for people and have used crucial on many many occasions and have never had a problem with their information, even on some really old, low spec machines.

[Edit] I hit the 1,000 posts mark with this post.

[Blackmirror]

you are very welcome

[steveie85]

No problem, glad I could give an option to help you out.

[link590o]

There's another way that doesn't require you to download any programs or even use the internet.

There are two useful prompts you can open up. The first is the device manager and the second is the directx diagnostic tool. The device manager is opened by hitting Start> Control Panel> System> Hardware Tab> Device Manager. The directx diagnostic tool is opened by hitting Start> Run and typing in "dxdiag" without the quotes.

The device manager will list all the hardware in your computer, and I'm fairly sure that includes motherboard models. It will have a lot of little plus signs and labels like Display Adapters and stuff like that. Just click the plus sign and it will list the exact hardware you have installed. You will most likely find your motherboard model listed under System Devices near the bottom of the list.

And dxdiag will tell you the processor you have, the speed it runs at, your version of windows, how much ram you have, and some other useful stuff. It contains system tests in the other tabs of the window that will test out your video drivers and see if everything is functioning correctly, and will tell you if something isn't working.

So you don't really need to go to the internet at all. It's just that there are a lot of people out there that aren't familiar enough with their PCs to know where to find certain information. I hope these prompts help you out

[CJ1985]

Originally Posted by link590o

There's another way that doesn't require you to download any programs or even use the internet.

There are two useful prompts you can open up. The first is the device manager and the second is the directx diagnostic tool. The device manager is opened by hitting Start> Control Panel> System> Hardware Tab> Device Manager. The directx diagnostic tool is opened by hitting Start> Run and typing in "dxdiag" without the quotes.

The device manager will list all the hardware in your computer, and I'm fairly sure that includes motherboard models. It will have a lot of little plus signs and labels like Display Adapters and stuff like that. Just click the plus sign and it will list the exact hardware you have installed. You will most likely find your motherboard model listed under System Devices near the bottom of the list.

And dxdiag will tell you the processor you have, the speed it runs at, your version of windows, how much ram you have, and some other useful stuff. It contains system tests in the other tabs of the window that will test out your video drivers and see if everything is functioning correctly, and will tell you if something isn't working.

So you don't really need to go to the internet at all. It's just that there are a lot of people out there that aren't familiar enough with their PCs to know where to find certain information. I hope these prompts help you out

Thanks! I actually knew about these 2 options of getting that information. I just know there are some software/program out there that just gives you the basic instead of all the in's and out's that you aren't looking for. I hope that makes sense? But thanks for posting that, I'm sure it will be in use for someone who doesn't know how to do it.

[Rik]

The only thing is that device manager is of no use if the particular device doesn't have a working driver and dxdiag again will only give you the correct information if the drivers are there.

If you have a motherboard with built in Intel graphics dxdiag will sometimes report it incorrectly or say "unknown device" without a correctly installed driver.

Having said that, both are useful for manually detecting failed or missing drivers.
Generally, if device manager shows "Microsoft Corporation" for drivers then it is a good idea to google drivers from the manufacturer of the hardware.

[FouroDogjow]

hi guys