System Information for Windows

System Information for WIndows (SIW) is a program you MUST have installed on your Windows computer.  It gives you all the information you could ever want to know about your computer in a nice easy to use interface.  I learned about it in a recent Computer User Magazine.  Here are some examples of the information it provides:

Motherboard:

PropertyValue

ManufacturerASUSTeK Computer Inc.

ModelP4P800-E

VersionRev 1.xx

Serial NumberMB-1234567890

North BridgeIntel i865P/PE/G/i848P Revision A2

South BridgeIntel 82801EB (ICH5) Revision A2

CPUIntel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

Cpu SocketSocket 478 mPGA

System Slots5 PCI, 1 AGP

Memory Summary

Maximum Capacity4096 MBytes

Maximum Memory Module Size1024 MBytes

Memory Slots4

Error CorrectionNone

Warning!Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed

Bios:

PropertyValue

BIOS VendorAmerican Megatrends Inc.

BIOS Version1009.003

Firmware Version101.114

BIOS Date09/05/2005

BIOS Size512 KB

BIOS Starting SegmentF000h

DMI Version2.3

Characteristics- supports ISA

- supports PCI

- supports Plug-and-Play

- supports APM

- upgradeable (Flash) BIOS

- allows BIOS shadowing

- ESCD support is available

- supports booting from CD-ROM

- supports selectable boot

- BIOS ROM is socketed

- supports Enhanced Disk Drive specification

- supports INT 13 5.25-inch/1.2M floppy services

- supports INT 13 3.5-inch/720K floppy services

- supports INT 13 3.5-inch/2.88M floppy services

- supports INT 05 print-screen

- supports INT 09 and 8042 keyboard services

- supports INT 14 serial services

- supports INT 17 printer services

- supports INT 10 CGA/Mono video services

- supports ACPI

- supports legacy USB

- supports AGP

- supports booting from LS-120

- supports booting from ATAPI ZIP drive

- BIOS Boot Specification supported

CPU Info:

PropertyValue

Number of CPU(s)One Physical Processor / One Core / 2 Logical Processors / 32 bits

VendorGenuineIntel

CPU NameIntel Pentium 4

CPU Code NamePrescott

Platform NameSocket 478 mPGA

CPU Full NameIntel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz

RevisionE0

Technology90 nm

InstructionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, HT

Original Clock3000 MHz

Original System Clock200 MHz

Original Multiplier15.0

CPU Clock2999 MHz

System Clock199.9 MHz

FSB799.6 MHz

L1 Data Cache16 KBytes

L1 Trace Cache12 Kuops

L2 Cache1024 KBytes

That’s just a very small sample of what you get with SIW.  If you need to know any tiny bit of info - this is the program you need.  Install it now!