How to find out your motherboard on a laptop

The most difficult and most expensive detail of the laptop is the motherboard. It combines all nodes into a single whole and coordinates the work of all functional components - processor, video chip, RAM, etc. Sometimes there are situations when it is necessary to know the name and model of the laptop motherboard, for example, for the correct installation of updates, to replace one of the broken or outdated components of the laptop.

The easiest way is to find the name of the motherboard in the accompanying instructions for a laptop. If it is missing, you can disassemble the laptop housing and see the inscription on the board itself. This option is more suitable when the laptop cannot turn on. If the computer works, that is, other ways to find out the necessary information about the board.

The standard utility (service program) from Microsoft, entered into the command line, will show all the necessary characteristics. "Start" menu - "Run", enter "MSINFO32" to the command prompt, press "ENTER". The "Run" window can be caused by hot keys - "Win" + "R". Lines "Manufacturer" and "Model" in the window that appears will contain the full name of the main board.

You can find out the model of the motherboard using another Microsoft utility - the DirectX diagnostic tool. To do this, you need to register the "DXDIAG" command in the command line. The table will contain the desired data in the Computer Manufacturer fields and the Computer Model fields.

The model of the motherboard can be found on the official website of the company Intel, because most of the motherboard consists of a set of chips of this company. Skip the link http://www.intel.com/support/ru/siu.htm, click on the "Identification of software and hardware on your computer". Analysis of computer components is analyzed, and the program provides general information about the system, technical information.

Another convenient way to find out the laptop motherboard brand are special programs downloaded completely free. For example, AIDA64 or SPECCY. Actions in both programs are almost identical - on the left side of the screen click on the "System Board" inscription. The differences are that AIDA64 shows more detailed characteristics, and Speccy has a convenient interface for novice users.

Knowledge of the full name of the motherboard model and its characteristics will help the user in finding suitable drivers for the laptop functional devices, it will also make it easier to choose from the characteristics of the computer components in the event of restyling the old components to new ones.