Questions tagged [hardware-detection]
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How can I detect the amount of memory slots I have?
I know that there used to be a Corsair memory detection tool, but I can no longer find it. I didn't find anything when searching Google.
I would like to scan my machine to know a few things:
How many memory slots I have on my motherboard.
The stats…
marcamillion
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Can I find out if PCI-e slot is 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0 in linux terminal?
I'm going to purchase a GPU which is for PCI-e 3.0.
But since I don't know what PCI-e slot it is in my computer I need to find it out somehow.
Is it possible to find it from the terminal in linux?
starcorn
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How does a computer know which device is connected to the usb port?
I was wondering that in a same USB port many devices can be connected like keyboard, mouse, storage device etc. So, how does a computer know which device is connected to the USB port, like when we plug a keyboard how does a keyboard adapater in the…
Kapil
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disabling devices in motherboard BIOS: does it save on power?
I've always wondered if disabling devices via BIOS saves on power?
some full feature motherboard have all sorts of devices I never used. Firewire, built-in WiFi, audio (for my servers) and etc.
Thanks! :)
ps. I did a net search but nothing useful…
mrjayviper
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How to disable 'monitor connection' detection by windows 10?
Configuration
I have my desktop connected to two monitors, of which one is the primary monitor (best quality). I have a server as well, and its video output is connected to the alternate input of my primary monitor. That way, I can switch my monitor…
Leo
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How to download and run the Windows version of USBView (the USB device viewer)
I installed the Windows version of USBView (the USB device viewer) as part of a much-bigger set of tools. The installer installed a deep tree of many directories onto my PC, but it didn't seem to add USBView to my Start menu. It's not at all obvious…
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Bypassing "Found New Hardware Wizard" / Setting Windows to Install Drivers Automatically
My motherboard finally died after the better part of a decade, so I bought a used system. I put my old hard-drive and sound-card in the new system, and connected my old keyboard and mouse (the rest of the components—CPU, RAM, mobo, video card—are…
Synetech
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What hardware information about your PC's can gathered by websites/ISP's?
What hardware information about your PC can be transferred ever the internet or stored by websites or by your Internet Service Provider.
For eg. Your MAC address can be stored by websites but I would like to know what else can be stored and known.
rzlines
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How to tell if an empty PCI Express slot is 1.0, 2.0 etc? (general test, or enquiry command, not refer to spec)
Is it possible to run a test on an empty PCI Express slot to definitively determine that the slot is PCI Express 2.0 or not? My reason for asking is to see if I get the most out of USB3.0 with my motherboard.
I cannot find specific enough details of…
therobyouknow
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lshw not reporting memory information correctly
We are working a project where we will be receiving 50+ laptops on a regular basis and we need to get hardware information from them. During some test runs we found some strange results. On a Dell Latitude e6400 when running lshw, we see this…
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Windows 8 isn't detecting PS3 eye
I have the PS3 Eye web cam installed with drivers from Code Laboratories, which comes with a test program.
When I open the test program it shows a clear picture from the webcam. Every other program does not detect a webcam. The cam shows in my…
jonfriesen
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Is possible for a manufacturer to fake the RAM limit in the DMI table?
I was thinking about upgrading my laptop's RAM. It currently has a 4096 MB module and a 2048 MB module, which I thought I could replace by an 8 GB module:
[root@...] # dmidecode -t 17
# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.6 present.
Handle 0x001E, DMI type 17,…
Peque
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HDD Disappears after sleep mode
I recently purchased a HDD and it works fine except if I go into sleep mode. Every time my computers comes out of sleep mode the HDD disappears completely. I have literally tried EVERYTHING to fix this, including:
Changing SATA mode to IDE, AHCI,…
SameOldNick
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Is there software to tell what kind of hardware I have so I can find drivers for it?
Maybe I'm just lazy, but I really don't want to open this computer up and look. I'd like to know the type of wireless network card I have, but CPU-Z doesn't tell me. I need drivers for my wireless network card so the Device Manager just files it…
triplethreat78
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Find out what is causing add/remove hardware sound
I have a Windows 10 computer that every 5 minutes or so, plays the Windows Add/Remove hardware "removal" sound and then a few seconds later plays the "added hardware" sound. Sometimes it does this four or five times in immediate succession.
No…
Mark Henderson
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