For the old users who use the computer for a long time, it is inevitable to go to a friend or colleague to help maintain and repair the computer, and sometimes help people buy a PC. At this time, we will definitely bring the hardware detection software. However, no one can always carry these softwares with you. If there is no suitable detection software on hand, what should I do? I can’t know anything about it. Then your master image is damaged. In fact, Leaving these softwares, we can also clearly understand the configuration of the computer hardware. Let's take a look at it together.
First, check the hardware configuration in the boot self-test
Even after the machine is assembled, the power-on test can be performed even if the operating system is not installed. In the screen of the self-test, a brief introduction of the hardware configuration is hidden. The picture flashes past. If you want to see it clearly, remember to reach down and hold down the “PAUSE” key.
1. Graphics card information
The hardware that is checked first during the power-on self-test is the graphics card. Therefore, after starting the machine, several lines of text appearing in the upper left corner of the screen are the graphics card's “personal information”. In the four lines of text, the first line “GeForce4 MX440……” indicates that the display core of the graphics card is GeForce4 MX440 and supports AGP 8X technology; the second line “Version……” indicates the BIOS version of the graphics card. We can update the graphics card BIOS version & ldquo; extract & rdquo; graphics performance, of course, this line of text will also change after the update; the third line "Copyright (C) & helip; … & rdquo; is the manufacturer's copyright information, The copyright period of the display chip manufacturer and manufacturer is indicated; the fourth line "64.0MB RAM" indicates the memory capacity of the graphics card.
2. CPU and hard disk, memory, optical drive information
After displaying the basic information of the graphics card, the second self-test screen that appears next shows more hardware information, like CPU model, frequency, memory Capacity, hard drive and CD-ROM information will appear on this screen. The top two lines of the screen indicate the BIOS version of the motherboard and the copyright information of the BIOS manufacturer; the next text will be understood at a glance, of course, the motherboard chipset; the next few lines of text indicate the CPU frequency and memory. Capacity, speed. Oh, my CPU and memory are overclocked, so the frequency can be less formal; the following four lines "IDE……" indicate the devices connected to the IDE master-slave interface, including the hard disk model and optical drive model. Wait.
3. Motherboard information
A line of information about the motherboard will appear at the bottom of the second self-test screen. The previous date shows the current BIOS update date of the motherboard, and the following symbol is the motherboard. The code used, according to the code we can understand the motherboard chipset model and manufacturer. In the past, the middle of the lowermost text in the self-test screen of the old motherboard is marked with the motherboard chipset, which is mentioned above the self-test screen.
After the machine is started, press the “DEL” button to enter the BIOS setup page. In the basic information, you can also see the hardware information of the machine, which is no different from the boot screen.
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