Softw. to analyze computer parts?

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Sigi Rindler

Hi,

I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have in my
computers. Right now I have sound card problems and would like to know what
maker and what model is in the machine. Of course, I could get the computer
out of the rack, open it up, and take the card out to find out the hard way.
I used to have a software, but this one died when the HDD died.



Thanks,

Murgi
 
Sigi said:
Hi,

I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have in my
computers.
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Hey Murgi;

There are a number of proggies that'll do the trick. I use Belarc
Advisor. Oddly enough, I used it for the first time in months just the
day before to debug a problem w/my sound card.

hth,
-Craig
 
Hi,

I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have
in my computers. Right now I have sound card problems and would like
to know what maker and what model is in the machine. Of course, I
could get the computer out of the rack, open it up, and take the card
out to find out the hard way. I used to have a software, but this one
died when the HDD died.
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My current favourite is System Information for Windows (SIW), but there are
a few others-

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_SYSTEMUTILITIES.php#
1.03SystemInformationTool

or

http://shorl.com/bibrofehepiga
 
Hello, Sigi Rindler!
You wrote on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:53:33 +0900:
I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have
in my computers. Right now I have sound card problems and would like
to know what maker and what model is in the machine. Of course, I
could get the computer out of the rack, open it up, and take the card
out to find out the hard way. I used to have a software, but this one
died when the HDD died.
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WinAudit, small filesize, no installation required:
http://www.pxserver.com/

Kindly regards.
 
Sigi said:
Hi,

I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have in my
computers. Right now I have sound card problems and would like to know what
maker and what model is in the machine. Of course, I could get the computer
out of the rack, open it up, and take the card out to find out the hard way.
I used to have a software, but this one died when the HDD died.



Thanks,

Murgi
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I have long used BelArcAdvisor, but just became aware of PC Wizard 2006,
which is worth checking out:

http://www.cpuid.org/pcwizard
 
Sigi said:
Hi,

I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have in my
computers. Right now I have sound card problems and would like to know what
maker and what model is in the machine. Of course, I could get the computer
out of the rack, open it up, and take the card out to find out the hard way.
I used to have a software, but this one died when the HDD died.



Thanks,

Murgi
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PC Wizard is also very good and is regularly updated to cover the latest
hardware.

In my experience, it also manages to identify graphic drivers with a
higher success rate than some other packages eg Belarc Advisor

Phil
 
I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have in my
computers. Right now I have sound card problems and would like to know what
maker and what model is in the machine. Of course, I could get the computer
out of the rack, open it up, and take the card out to find out the hard way.
I used to have a software, but this one died when the HDD died.
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Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager. The manufacturer and
model might be listed. (Depends on how the card and driver installed
themselves.)
 
Sigi said:
Hi,

I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have in my
computers. Right now I have sound card problems and would like to know what
maker and what model is in the machine. Of course, I could get the computer
out of the rack, open it up, and take the card out to find out the hard way.
I used to have a software, but this one died when the HDD died.



Thanks,

Murgi
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'Unknown devices' is another one. Unlike Belarc, Everest etc its a lean
no fluff pci card identifier. Great results.


NT
 
Sigi said:
Hi,

I am looking for a software that tells me what kind of devices I have
in my computers. Right now I have sound card problems and would like
to know what maker and what model is in the machine. Of course, I
could get the computer out of the rack, open it up, and take the card
out to find out the hard way. I used to have a software, but this
one died when the HDD died.
Click to expand...


Hi Sigi!



Soundcards like Soundblaster are best indentified with the printed
number on the Card. CT4769, CT4610 etc etc.. I have not seen a sysinfo
program identifying this number correctly.

2nd. Sysinfos on Windows do mostly read out the driver data of the
soundcard, so it is not sure the sysinfo will show, what you really
have built in.


Looking to the soundcard is always preferable. E.g. you can read
'Hercules Soundcard Fortissimo II', or 'Soundblaster PCI 128'. Then you
now exactly where and how to look.



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic


P.S.: Always turn off the PC. Shutting to zero, or realeasing the power
cable. The ATX Switch should be enjoyed with care when pulling I/O
cards, cpu, memory....
 
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