What do you think of the computer board model?

We know that the motherboard and CPU are supporting the use of, only know what type of motherboard, to know what CPU can be used. You often have friends who need to upgrade your computer, but do not know what type of motherboard your computer is, and which processors you can upgrade. There are some friends motherboard driver problem, but do not know the motherboard model number, so do not know how to find the motherboard driver, in view of such problems, the following article will be shared under how to view the motherboard model, I hope to help the rookie friend.

1. Look at the packing box and the manual

When the new motherboard was bought, it was packed in the box, with a description of the product and instructions, which clearly indicated the manufacturer and product model of the motherboard, such as the ASUS P/I-P55T2P4 motherboard in the box and the use manual are marked.

2, some motherboards have the annotation

Some motherboards are labeled with manufacturer logos and product models, such as ASUS (ASUS) Tx97-le. Some motherboards label the manufacturer's logo on the heatsink of the CPU, while the product model is labeled elsewhere on the motherboard.

3, view the boot screen

If you cannot find the packaging and instructions for your motherboard, and there are no annotations on the motherboard, you can see information about the motherboard and BIOS when the computer initiates the self-test. The method is to press the Pause/break key on the keyboard when the system detects memory, so the system's detection process will be paused. Usually the first line (or the first two lines) on the screen is related to the BIOS, as shown on the right, Amerian Megatrends,inc. Is the name of the Amibios company; The following is the model number of the motherboard, such as the A5169MS representation is MSI (MSI) MS-5169-type motherboards produced by the company, V2.2 indicates that the current version of Amibios is 2.2.

4, enter the DirectX Diagnostics tool to view the board model

Access to the DirectX Diagnostics tool to see the motherboard model method is a small series is recommended, the following methods:

From the desktop into the start → run the dialog box to enter DxDiag after press "OK" to enter the "DirectX Diagnostic Tool", if there is a prompt to enter, directly press ENTER to confirm enter. After entering the DirectX Diagnostics Tool page, we can see the motherboard model in the system information, in which the motherboard BIOS version information is the motherboard related information, as shown below.

View motherboard models through the DirectX Diagnostics tool

5, the use of Master LU or the optimization of the master, Everest and other hardware software testing

The use of software to view the motherboard model is recommended by the author, this method of looking at the motherboard information is often very clear, do not need to look like the above, find instructions or look carefully to observe. It is recommended here to use Master Lu to view the motherboard model, the use of the method is very simple, only need to download a master, and then after the installation started, you can see the computer hardware of the master of the name and model, the motherboard model is in it, the following figure:

Use master LU to view motherboard models

However, these test software may not be able to identify the newly-produced hardware type, or there will be error classification. Because the upgrade BIOS requirements are very strict, model specifications must be completely corresponding, if the wrong motherboard type or upgrade program has problems, the consequences will be very serious, so try to four ways to determine the computer's motherboard model.