One of the most favorite questions asked by a friend who assembled a computer is: What is the configuration of this computer? Today, around this hot topic, the author makes a relatively easy-to-understand story for everyone, and hopes that the newcomers to the computer who have read this article can have substance. Sexual help. In fact, the hardware configuration software is needed to view the computer configuration, but it is impossible to carry it at any time because of the reasons for carrying it. In fact, how can we do this? In fact, we can clearly understand the configuration of the computer hardware when leaving the software. . Let's take a look at the three methods of computer configuration.
First, check the hardware configuration in the boot self-test
Even after the machine is assembled, the power-on test can be performed even if the operating system is not installed. In the screen of the self-test, a brief introduction of the hardware configuration is hidden. The picture flashes past. If you want to see it clearly, remember to reach down and hold down the “PAUSE” key.
1. Graphics card information
The hardware that is checked first during the power-on self-test is the graphics card. Therefore, after starting the machine, several lines of text appearing in the upper left corner of the screen are the graphics card's “personal information”. In the four lines of text, the first line “GeForce4 MX440……” indicates that the display core of the graphics card is GeForce4 MX440 and supports AGP 8X technology; the second line “Version……” indicates the BIOS version of the graphics card. We can update the graphics card BIOS version & ldquo; extract & rdquo; graphics performance, of course, this line of text will also change after the update; the third line "Copyright (C) & helip; … & rdquo; is the manufacturer's copyright information, The copyright period of the display chip manufacturer and manufacturer is indicated; the fourth line "64.0MB RAM" indicates the memory capacity of the graphics card.
2. CPU and hard disk, memory, optical drive information
After displaying the basic information of the graphics card, the second self-test screen that appears next shows more hardware information, like CPU model, frequency, memory Capacity, hard drive and CD-ROM information will appear on this screen. The top two lines of the screen indicate the BIOS version of the motherboard and the copyright information of the BIOS manufacturer; the next text will be understood at a glance, of course, the motherboard chipset; the next few lines of text indicate the CPU frequency and memory. Capacity, speed. Oh, my CPU and memory are overclocked, so the frequency can be less formal; the following four lines "IDE……" indicate the devices connected to the IDE master-slave interface, including the hard disk model and optical drive model. Wait.
3. Motherboard information
A line of information about the motherboard will appear at the bottom of the second self-test screen. The previous date shows the current BIOS update date of the motherboard, and the following symbol is the motherboard. The code used, according to the code we can understand the motherboard chipset model and manufacturer. In the past, the middle of the lowermost text in the self-test screen of the old motherboard is marked with the motherboard chipset, which is mentioned above the self-test screen.
After the machine is started, press the “DEL” button to enter the BIOS setup page. In the basic information, you can also see the hardware information of the machine, which is no different from the boot screen.
Second, use the device manager to view the hardware configuration
After entering the operating system, you can also use the device manager and DirectX diagnostic tools to view the hardware configuration when installing the hardware driver. Let's look at how to use the device manager to view hardware information. Go to the desktop, right click on the "My Computer" icon, select "ldquo; Properties" from the menu that appears, open the "System Properties" window, click on "Hardware--Device Manager", at &ldquo All device hardware configured for the machine is displayed in the Device Manager. From top to bottom, the optical drive, disk controller chip, CPU, disk drive, display, keyboard, sound and video are arranged in order, and the bottom is the display card. To find out which kind of hardware information you want, just click on “+” in front of it to expand the content below it.
Using the device manager, in addition to the general hardware information, you can further understand the working mode of the motherboard chip, sound card and hard disk. For example, if you want to view the working mode of the hard disk, just double-click the corresponding IDE channel to pop up the property window. In the property window, you can check the device type and transfer mode of the hard disk. These are not available on the boot screen.
It should be noted that the device manager provided in the operating system before Windows XP can not be used to view the CPU operating frequency. Fortunately, we also have DirectX diagnostic tools.
Third, use the DirectX diagnostic tools to view the hardware configuration
DirectX diagnostic tools can help us test, diagnose and modify the hardware work, of course, we can also use it to view the machine's hardware configuration. Run the “System Information” window and find the “Tools--DirectX Diagnostic Tool” (or run Dxdiag.exe in the System32 directory under the Windows directory of the installation letter). You can easily view the hardware information in the window.