Motherboard Issues

[ishmiduti]

How does one find out what motherboard you have within Windows 7? My computer runs for an indeterminate amount of time then crashes, and I have reason to believe it is the BIOS for the motherboard. I am not sure where to find which one I have within Win 7 though. I'd really appreciate some help here. Thanks!
Ish

 

[bobkn]

I don't know how to do it natively in Windows.

There are a number of freeware utilities that can identify the motherboard. Examples are Sisoft SANDRA and Belarc Advisor.

 

[Crispy]

How does one find out what motherboard you have within Windows 7? My computer runs for an indeterminate amount of time then crashes, and I have reason to believe it is the BIOS for the motherboard. I am not sure where to find which one I have within Win 7 though. I'd really appreciate some help here. Thanks!
Ish

Go, Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Information then find on the first screen where it says "System Model" and that is your motherboard model and where it says "System Manufacture" is who made that motherboard.

 

[win7clutz]

How does one find out what motherboard you have within Windows 7? My computer runs for an indeterminate amount of time then crashes, and I have reason to believe it is the BIOS for the motherboard. I am not sure where to find which one I have within Win 7 though. I'd really appreciate some help here. Thanks!
Ish

Go, Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Information then find on the first screen where it says "System Model" and that is your motherboard model and where it says "System Manufacture" is who made that motherboard.

That will give you on info how much mem you have or cpu speed but it won't give you the board info required to update the bios.

If it's a "home grown" box take the cover of and get to info off the boards. If it's OEM go to the manufacturer and check for an upgrade...

 

[Mercurial]

or use CPU-Z
no install neeeded and its like 500kb download? or less !

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

 

[Ensi]

^Yes, try running CPU-Z and check if it can identify your motherboard. It's under the "Mainboard" tab.

A similar motherboard problem I had:

I used to have random crash/bsod issue before I upgraded my parts, it was the USB slots in the motherboard that was fried.

 

[Crispy]

How does one find out what motherboard you have within Windows 7? My computer runs for an indeterminate amount of time then crashes, and I have reason to believe it is the BIOS for the motherboard. I am not sure where to find which one I have within Win 7 though. I'd really appreciate some help here. Thanks!
Ish

Go, Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Information then find on the first screen where it says "System Model" and that is your motherboard model and where it says "System Manufacture" is who made that motherboard.

That will give you on info how much mem you have or cpu speed but it won't give you the board info required to update the bios.

If it's a "home grown" box take the cover of and get to info off the boards. If it's OEM go to the manufacturer and check for an upgrade...

 

[saltedm8]

to identify the hardware I have, I usually use this SIW | System Information for Windows by Gabriel Topala and you dont even have to install it.. if you have kaspersky though kaspersky might kick off, but just ignore it, it will only act that way because of some of the data it pulls

and yes, it does tell you the make and model of your motherboard

 

[Adrian]

How does one find out what motherboard you have within Windows 7? My computer runs for an indeterminate amount of time then crashes, and I have reason to believe it is the BIOS for the motherboard. I am not sure where to find which one I have within Win 7 though. I'd really appreciate some help here. Thanks!
Ish

Go, Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Information then find on the first screen where it says "System Model" and that is your motherboard model and where it says "System Manufacture" is who made that motherboard.

Crispy, thats not quite correct.
All sysinfo will tell you is software and processor etc. You need to either visually inspect the Motherboard or use cpuz or somthing else. Windows has no way of determining the mobo

 

[TaraSWinTeam]

Check out how to make your computer start from the installation disk rather than the hard disk by changing your BIOS settings: Windows installation problems: frequently asked questions.

Cheers,
Tara
Windows Outreach Team

 

[Crispy]

How does one find out what motherboard you have within Windows 7? My computer runs for an indeterminate amount of time then crashes, and I have reason to believe it is the BIOS for the motherboard. I am not sure where to find which one I have within Win 7 though. I'd really appreciate some help here. Thanks!
Ish

Go, Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Information then find on the first screen where it says "System Model" and that is your motherboard model and where it says "System Manufacture" is who made that motherboard.

Crispy, thats not quite correct.
All sysinfo will tell you is software and processor etc. You need to either visually inspect the Motherboard or use cpuz or somthing else. Windows has no way of determining the mobo

Look at the highlighted areas System Manufacture: Gigabyte, System Model: EP35C-DS3R aka motherboard model.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

What leads you to believe this is a BIOS issue rather than something else?

 

[Adrian]

Crispy is Correct

Crispy you are correct on that id, I have a custom rig so the mobo is not id'd on my sysinfo.

 

[ishmiduti]

So some more information:
System Type: X86 based PC
Processor: AMD Athlong 2650e 1607 Mhz 1 core
BIOS version: Phoenix Technologies LTD, R01-A0, 8/29/2008
SMBIOS: 2.5

Anybody got any ideas? Phoenix's website is worthless.

 

[Dwarf]

Although your BIOS is a Phoenix type, you need to get any BIOS updates from your motherboard manufacturer and not from Phoenix themselves. Phoenix do supply the raw BIOS code in the chips that they send to the various manufacturers, but the manufacturers then amend the code so that it works with the hardware on the board that it is installed on.

 

[jfar]

Can you post a picture of the same System Information page as Crispy has done please.

 

[martytoo]

How does one find out what motherboard you have within Windows 7? My computer runs for an indeterminate amount of time then crashes, and I have reason to believe it is the BIOS for the motherboard. I am not sure where to find which one I have within Win 7 though. I'd really appreciate some help here. Thanks!
Ish

Go, Start\All Programs\Accessories\System Tools\System Information then find on the first screen where it says "System Model" and that is your motherboard model and where it says "System Manufacture" is who made that motherboard.

That will give you on info how much mem you have or cpu speed but it won't give you the board info required to update the bios.

If it's a "home grown" box take the cover of and get to info off the boards. If it's OEM go to the manufacturer and check for an upgrade...

Sorry to disagree but my system information gives the make and model of the MB and the BIOS version and date.