Patrick Macaspac wrote:
> Good day!
>
> This is Patrick again and I have a friend that had lost his
> motherboard drivers on the CD (CD was misplaced) and now he cannot
> reformat his har drive because he did not have a backup of the
> drivers. He also doesn't have any reference on what the motherboard
> unit / model he has and the name of his video and sound card. Is
> there any possible way to retrieve the motherboard unit name / model
> name and also thevideo and sound card online? Any suggestion will be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Patrick


Patrick:

If its a working computer, there is some software that does a good job
of identifying the components in the system. I've been away from the
Windows world for several years, but I do recall using this program: to
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

If the computer is not working, then one of the following methods may work:

(1) Motherboards and accessory cards have a white rectangular paper
label on them that contains the FCC ID registration number. This number
can be used to identify the original manufacturer by searching at this
site: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/

(2) For motherboards, try going to the BIOS manufacturer's site using
the BIOS version number (as shown at boot) where you may be able to
cross reference that number to the motherboard manufacturer.

(3) Finally, it may be possible to locate suitable drivers by
identifying the major chip on the device (for motherboards I'd try the
northbridge chip), and going to that manufacturer's site for help.

Regards,
Carroll Grigsby

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