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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carroll Grigsby" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Drivers


> 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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