how to tell the motherboard manufacturer in windows 2000

My machine doesn't have any brand name. The OS is Windows 2000, and I
want to know the motherboard manufacturer of my machine.

In device manager, when I scan for hardware changes, there are two
items marked with "?" under other devices category:

Multimedia Audio Controller
PCI Device

I guess I have sound card installed but need to install audio driver,
is that correct? But I have no idea what audio driver to install. I
tried many searches in the web and downloaded different ones, but still
not working.

any suggestions what can I do now?
Please advise. thanks!!

On 27 Feb 2005 00:02:18 -0800, "Matt" <> wrote:

>My machine doesn't have any brand name. The OS is Windows 2000, and I
>want to know the motherboard manufacturer of my machine.
>
>In device manager, when I scan for hardware changes, there are two
>items marked with "?" under other devices category:
>
>Multimedia Audio Controller
>PCI Device
>
>I guess I have sound card installed but need to install audio driver,
>is that correct? But I have no idea what audio driver to install. I
>tried many searches in the web and downloaded different ones, but still
>not working.
>
>any suggestions what can I do now?
>Please advise. thanks!!

Take the case off and it will be printed on there the make and model
of motherboard. Or download Everest Home edition instead and it should
tell you everything you need to know about your PC.

http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en

Matt wrote:
> My machine doesn't have any brand name. The OS is Windows 2000, and I
> want to know the motherboard manufacturer of my machine.
>
> In device manager, when I scan for hardware changes, there are two
> items marked with "?" under other devices category:
>
> Multimedia Audio Controller
> PCI Device
>
> I guess I have sound card installed but need to install audio driver,
> is that correct? But I have no idea what audio driver to install. I
> tried many searches in the web and downloaded different ones, but
still
> not working.
>
> any suggestions what can I do now?
> Please advise. thanks!!

Any of the following programs shall show you what's your motherboard
manufacturer and it's name:
3DMark (any version)
Aida32
Sandra
You'll also get a lot of other information about your computer, so I
recommend you to download at least Aida32. You can find all of these
programs at http://www.download.com
When you find your motherboard name, go to manufacturer's website,
search for it, and you'll get information about integrated sound card.

Also, if there is unknown PCI Device detected, you have a PCI card
which is not installed! I can't imagine how can it be that you don't
know what you have inside your computer! So, open your case and check
for PCI cards!

Regards, Kolja

http://www.nixart.co.nr

You can try going to start\programs\accessories\system tools\system
information

check to see if it tells you:
the system manufacture: ? (your motherboard manufacturer)
and the system model: ? (the model of your motherboard)

So you don't have any sound?
Check in start\control panel\system\device manager and look in: sound...
Any audio devices?

You can always check inside your computer case to see if there is an audio
card taking up space in one of the pci slots in your motherboard.
But make sure you unplug the computer and ground yourself by touching the
metal case of your computer.

"Matt" <> wrote in message
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> My machine doesn't have any brand name. The OS is Windows 2000, and I
> want to know the motherboard manufacturer of my machine.
>
> In device manager, when I scan for hardware changes, there are two
> items marked with "?" under other devices category:
>
> Multimedia Audio Controller
> PCI Device
>
> I guess I have sound card installed but need to install audio driver,
> is that correct? But I have no idea what audio driver to install. I
> tried many searches in the web and downloaded different ones, but still
> not working.
>
> any suggestions what can I do now?
> Please advise. thanks!!
>

Also some motherboards have onboard sound sythensis chips -- the cheap
alternative to a sound card. If you are not using this go ahead and
disable this along with a whole host of other motherboard devices
(modem/midi synthesizer/etc.) Only way to tell if you are not using
them is to ensure that you have the equivalent hardware in an ISA or
PCI slot.

Watch the BIOS screen. At the bottom is a string of letters and
numbers. Put them into Google, and you will find who builds the
motherboard. Has worked everytime for me.


"Matt" <> wrote:

>My machine doesn't have any brand name. The OS is Windows 2000, and I
>want to know the motherboard manufacturer of my machine.
>
>In device manager, when I scan for hardware changes, there are two
>items marked with "?" under other devices category:
>
>Multimedia Audio Controller
>PCI Device
>
>I guess I have sound card installed but need to install audio driver,
>is that correct? But I have no idea what audio driver to install. I
>tried many searches in the web and downloaded different ones, but still
>not working.
>
>any suggestions what can I do now?
>Please advise. thanks!!

On 27 Feb 2005 02:39:21 -0800, "Kolja" <>
wrote:


>Aida32

Aida32 is now Everest, the link I provided.

Matt wrote:
> My machine doesn't have any brand name. The OS is Windows 2000, and I
> want to know the motherboard manufacturer of my machine.
>
> In device manager, when I scan for hardware changes, there are two
> items marked with "?" under other devices category:
>
> Multimedia Audio Controller
> PCI Device
>
> I guess I have sound card installed but need to install audio driver,
> is that correct? But I have no idea what audio driver to install. I
> tried many searches in the web and downloaded different ones, but still
> not working.
>
> any suggestions what can I do now?
> Please advise. thanks!!
>
download program "Everest home edition". it is for free. it will tell
You all about Your hardware and software details.

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 08:10:58 +1100, Franc Zabkar
<> wrote:


>I don't know how to do the same in Win2K, but in Win9x you can use the
>DOS debug command to dump your BIOS. The following dump shows my M571
>motherboard's BIOS ID, "51-0421-001437-00101111-071595-M571", and the
>version, "Release 04/21/1999S".
>
>================================================= ===================
>debug

I just tried from a command prompt in XP and you type debug then you
get - and type D for a dump but it shows nothing about my mb.