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:
Property Value
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Model P4P800-E
Version Rev 1.xx
Serial Number MB-1234567890
North Bridge Intel i865P/PE/G/i848P Revision A2
South Bridge Intel 82801EB (ICH5) Revision A2
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Cpu Socket Socket 478 mPGA
System Slots 5 PCI, 1 AGP
Memory Summary
Maximum Capacity 4096 MBytes
Maximum Memory Module Size 1024 MBytes
Memory Slots 4
Error Correction None
Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed
Property ValueBIOS Vendor American Megatrends Inc.BIOS Version 1009.003Firmware Version 101.114BIOS Date 09/05/2005BIOS Size 512 KBBIOS Starting Segment F000hDMI Version 2.3Characteristics – 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
Property ValueNumber of CPU(s) One Physical Processor / One Core / 2 Logical Processors / 32 bitsVendor GenuineIntelCPU Name Intel Pentium 4CPU Code Name PrescottPlatform Name Socket 478 mPGACPU Full Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHzRevision E0Technology 90 nmInstructions MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, HTOriginal Clock 3000 MHzOriginal System Clock 200 MHzOriginal Multiplier 15.0CPU Clock 2999 MHzSystem Clock 199.9 MHzFSB 799.6 MHzL1 Data Cache 16 KBytesL1 Trace Cache 12 KuopsL2 Cache 1024 KBytes