Mark Knecht schreef: > On 9/9/05, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> This looks quite the useful utility, but it doesn't seem to provide >> the requested information (or at least, not all of it, and what it >> does provide is difficult to recognize): >> >> I know the make and model of my mobo; it's a Shuttle AK32A. >> >> Let's see what dmidecode has to say: >> > > <SNIP> > >> The manufacturer name, Shuttle, never appears in this output (which >> is not all that surprising, since I don't think Shuttle puts any >> chips on the board that identify themselves as Shuttle-made (as >> opposed to VIA or whoever), but the fact that I'm not surprised is >> irrelevant to solving the problem :) ). >> >> There certainly is a lot of useful information in this output, but >> it's not necessarily the information needed (and certainly not all >> of the information requested by the OP). So how would I, or the OP, >> use this utility properly to answer the question, "What is the make >> (manufacturer) and model number of my motherboard?" Or does it not >> answer that question fully? >> >> Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> > > > Hi Holly, This machine is a newish Asus A8N-E. Here's a trimmed > version of what I see: > > lightning ~ # dmidecode | more # dmidecode 2.6 SMBIOS 2.3 present. 72 > structures occupying 2042 bytes. Table at 0x000F0000. Handle 0x0000 > DMI type 0, 20 bytes. BIOS Information Vendor: Phoenix Technologies, > LTD Version: ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1005 Release Date: > 06/08/2005 Address: 0xE0000 Runtime Size: 128 kB > > > <SNIP> > > Handle 0x0002 DMI type 2, 8 bytes. Base Board Information > Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer INC. Product Name: A8N-E Version: 2.XX > Serial Number: 123456789000 > > So to me it appears to be SMBIOS dependent? > > - Mark >
Yes, I think that's what I wanted to know; if my mobo is too old or too dumb or too cheap to give the information, then you're not going to see it based on this util. Which seems to kinda suck, but not dmidecode's fault, obviously. But if you've bought an off-the-rack box with a PCChips mobo (as so many off-the-rack boxes have), I'm not sure that there's going to be another way than 'the hard way' (since cheap mobos gotta get cheap somehow). But hopefully it's just that my mobo is old (before such information became really ubiquitous to be transmitted) and not that it's cheap and corners have been cut (which would then be a concern to the OP). Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
