How to view hardware configuration

Bought a computer, always want to check the hard disk configuration of their own computer, but the knowledge of this aspect is very little, now we tell you.

One or one-like view of hardware information.

For hardware information such as network cards, cats, mice, keyboards, and so on, we can view them through the Device Manager provided by the operating system. Right-click on "My Computer", select "Properties" (also click the start → settings → control surface → system open), click on the "Hardware" tab, in the Device Manager bar, click on "Device Manager", in the pop-up window will be listed on the computer installed a variety of hardware. For example, we want to look at the specific information of the NIC, double-click the network card icon, display the network card you installed, right-click, select "Properties", and then you can see the name of the device, the manufacturer, the model, the working status, and so on, even in the "advanced" option, you can also see the system resources and interrupt requests that the hardware consumes. Similarly, hardware information such as the mouse, keyboard, and modem can be viewed in this way.

Second, view the model and frequency of the CPU

as the heart of the computer, the model and frequency of the CPU is directly related to the performance index of the computer. Click "Start" → "Run", type "DxDiag" (excluding quotes), and then enter, you will open a "Dirext diagnostics Tool", here in the "System Information" in the "" in the "" in the "line" in the "" in the "" in the "" in the "" in the Www. 3lian.com

Third, view memory size

Right click on "My Computer", select "Properties" Item, in which the "General" column will have memory size display.

Four, view the hard disk size

You can use a very "raw" method to get the size of your hard disk. Open "My Computer", then look at the properties of each hard drive, add their respective capacity size, you can get the size of the entire hard disk:

Five, check the size of the video memory

Right click on the desktop, and then in the pop-up menu select "Properties" and then select " Set → advanced → adapter ", here you can see the size of the video memory!"

Six, the speed of the optical drive

Click "Start → program → system tools → system Information", click the left window to double-click the build item, in the expanded table of contents, click the Multimedia item, and then put a good quality CD into the CD drive, and then in the right window, select CD-ROM item, some metrics about CD-ROM performance will appear in the right window after a period of testing.

Of course, you can also install the Windows Optimization Master, AIDA 32 and other professional hardware testing software to more convenient, accurate and comprehensive access to the powerBrain hardware information. But for the rookie stage of Xiaoming, said above is also he must master the general knowledge.