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I have an Nvidia GPU GTX 470 - Can I get it's serial number with out opening the case?

EDIT Thanks for all the comments: I tried the Device path as well as the WMIC command (which are the same actually) Value returned from the WMIC command

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470  PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06CD&SUBSYS_079F10DE&REV_A3\4&2F1C4782&0&0018

The WMIC (device path is) 2F1C4782 which is translated to: 790382466 (converted to decimal).

My card SN is: 101500021088 - I think this does not get the correct values.

simlev
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Saariko
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Note: Note that this technique only works if the hardware manufacturer implements it. I can't give a percentage of accuracy, but I would guess the big players would implement it. If it's not implemented, Windows will generate a unique number instead.

Method 1 - Device Manager

Open the Windows Device Manager. Find your video card under Display Adapters. Double-click on it. Under the "Details" tab, select the "Device Instance Path" property.

Method 2 - WMI

Using WMI, at the command line, run the following command.

wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Description,PNPDeviceID

Method 3 - Use a Tool

A program like SIW will grab the PNP Device ID for you, but it won't do the parsing for the serial number.

Parsing It

Looking at the PNPDeviceID value, break it up by "\".

  • The first piece it the bus type. For me, it is PCI.
  • The second section describes the card. There's a vendor code, model number, etc.
  • The last section contains a number separated by ampersands. The serial number is the second number in that list, formatted in hex.
dangowans
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For some Nvidia GPUs you can use a command like this. I believe this works on all Quadro and Titan cards, but not GTX “gaming” cards. The nvidia-smi tool is included with the Nvidia driver.

nvidia-smi --format=csv --query-gpu=name,serial,pci.bus_id
Elliott B
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I contacted Nvidia via chat-support on this subject, and unfortunately the official answer to your question is no:

the only way to get the serial number of the graphics card is, it will be written on the graphics card hardware or the box of purchase.

chatlog from http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/chat/chat_landing

simlev
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c:\ nvidia-smi --format=csv --query-gpu=name,serial,pci.bus_id name, serial, pci.bus_id NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080, 0322916107542, 00000000:03:00.0

That worked on a GTX1080 on windows 10x64 pro, but it is the wrong S/N :(

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