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 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list