To know the name of all the components of your personal computer is a necessity. Knowing the name of the manufacturer and the serial model of a specific component of the system is necessary if only because ignorance of these two points limits your options for system improvements, whether reinstalling drivers, installing additional software aimed at expanding the functionality of the system, or something else. In this regard, the motherboard is the first thing you should know about. After all, it is the basis for installing the remaining components. But what if you are not sure who the manufacturer of your motherboard is and which model it is? How to determine the motherboard and what is needed for this? You will learn about this below.
Eye contact
In that case, if it is not possible to establish the manufacturer and model of the board systemically, that is, using certain software, the manufacturer always leaves visible markings on its product. Now let's figure out how to determine what the motherboard is on your PC.
The algorithm of actions is extremely simple: we unscrew the fixing screws on one of the side covers of the system unit, arm ourselves with a flashlight or a table lamp and try to find the lines of interest to us. Most often they are located closer to the center of the board. However, due to its different architecture, often the location of the markings is different.
You can try and practice yourself how to identify the motherboard visually.
System Information
If you have the opportunity to check the data systematically, then the answer to the question of how to determine the motherboard on a computer will be a standard software utility in the Windows operating system called "System Information". The utility can be called through the "Run" menu by writing the line MsInfo32 there. Or you can find it in the "All Programs" list in the "Standard" folder and in the "Utilities" subfolder.
The utility itself is intended primarily for monitoring the most basic components of the entire system. It is not as informative as those that we will consider further, but it is possible to extract information of interest to us from it. We are primarily interested in two lines: “Manufacturer” and “Model”, which contain the answers to the question.
How to identify a motherboard using CMD
The second simplest and fastest execution method is based on the manual entry of certain settings into the system, by which the computer will display the information we need about the manufacturer and the model of the desired component. As for the motherboard, two console commands will help us:
- wmic baseboard get Manufacturer - displays the full official name of the manufacturer
- wmic baseboard get product - indicates the serial marker of a specific model.
Entering commands, of course, must be done in the standard Windows OS command console, that is, CMD, which you can call from the "All Programs" line, having previously entered the abbreviation into it, or in the same way, but through the "Run" menu (Win + R).
This method is more time-consuming, since it requires accurate memorization of the character input sequence. However, he, like the previous one, is very effective.
How to determine which motherboard is on a computer using CPU-Z
CPU-Z is a free scanning utility for monitoring the status of the main components of the system and diagnosing failures, which can be caused by malfunctions in the hardware of the computer. It provides truly comprehensive information, taking into account many factors that are important in one way or another, but for us the main question is how to determine the motherboard on a computer using this utility.
It is extremely simple to do. All that is required of you is to download a program suitable for you in the capacity of the operating system from the official site and install it. After the installation is completed, we launch the program and go to the “Board” tab, where in the “System Board” submenu the first two lines will contain the information we are interested in.
Speccy
The next way, how to determine the model of the motherboard, involves the use of another free program for monitoring the components of a personal computer. Unlike the previous one, it has a more pleasant external architecture. However, its functionality is still the same - comprehensive diagnostics.
In order to fetch information of interest to us from this utility, we need to go to the Motherboard tab. In the first list of items we are only interested in two: Manufacturer and Model. It is opposite these inscriptions that the information we are looking for will be contained.
Siw
SiW is not a free utility, but its functionality, limited by the Demo version, is more than enough to cover our needs. Even in the version with reduced capabilities, there is enough potential to compete with its “full-fledged” brothers. And with such a task as the definition of the motherboard, SiW will cope just as easily.
It is only necessary to install the program itself by downloading the installer from the official website, launch it, install the utility and find the “Hardware” section and the “Motherboard” sub-section in the list on the left. After selecting a subsection, the main panel of the program displays all the characteristics that the program was able to collect. In the first group of data called "Summary" you can find out the serial index and the manufacturer of your motherboard.
Conclusion
As a result, we have many ways to determine the model of the motherboard. Of course, not all methods were listed, but they will be more than enough for you. If you do not want to clog the computer with one-time programs, you can remove the system unit cover and see the model on the board itself. If you do not want to delve into the computer, then use system utilities. In general, everyone will find a way that suits him.