SOLVED:How do I find motherboard model?

[helwitch]

How can I find out what model motherboard I'm using? I'm totally brain freezing, and don't want to shut the computer down and read it off the reboot screen. I went through all the system setting hardware lists I could find, but could not find the model of the motherboard. I'm sure there's some simple command I can type that will tell me, but I've been googling for ages and just can't find it. HELP! Please!

[f1rem0th]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

Im not 100% sure (as im a linux newb myself) but i assume it will be some sort of grep command.

[Detonate]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

With the access panel removed from your computer, the Model Number of your MB is usually found printed on the board right below the last PCI slot.

[dibl]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

I don't think that information is available to the OS -- I've never heard of it in Windows or Linux. Only the CPU and some of the chipset information, graphics and sound chips, and media models can be found (see Kmenu>System>KInfoCenter). I'm not even sure you're going to see the motherboard model on the BIOS splash at bootup -- I think you're going to see only the BIOS maker's logo and version number, before it starts the boot sequence.

I think Detonate has given the only correct method available to see the motherboard model number. :P

[arochester]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

It can be done. I have done it. I just don't remember how... (sign of old age) I managed to produce a file in html which gave information about my motherboard. I thnk I might have found something on Planet Ubuntu.

In Windows you can use e.g. Belarc Advisor (which is available as a free download) and this will usually show the motherboard

[arochester]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

See http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/02/...your-computer/

[Detonate]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

Learn something every day

[dibl]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

Marvelous --- thank you very much!

But, after reading the output for 5 minutes, I still don't see a motherboard model in there, do I?

[arochester]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

At the top it says "Product". Mine shows AK39. I have a Shuttle AK39 Motherboard.

[lingenfr]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

Mine is shown in the section, entitled core.

[dibl]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

It looks like the console output on mine "overwrites" the first part -- when I scroll back up the console window to the top, the first line in my console window reads "capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back unified" -- but I cannot see where I issued the original lshw command. So, maybe it did tell the motherboard model -- but I don't understand why part of the output would disappear like that.


EDIT: By using the "create in HTML" version of the command, I got it to produce a complete answer -- here is the part where I concede the point (i.e. arochester was right all along ....):

id: core
description: Motherboard
product: D975XBX
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
version: AAD27094-305
serial: BQBX63500913
slot: Base Board Chassis Location

You rock, arochester!

[helwitch]

Re: How do I find motherboard model?

See http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2007/02/...your-computer/

That did the trick, thanks so much!