How to find what hardware is installed in the computer.
Question
How to find what hardware is installed in the computer.
Additional information
A user may need to find out the hardware that is installed in the computer for any of the below reasons.
- Interested in purchasing a computer and would like to verify specifications.
- Attempting to install or setup a hardware device and need to know the model and manufacturer of the device to properly install it.
- Interested in selling the computer and need to know all the specifications on the computer.
Answer
Below is a listing of different hardware devices in the computer and different methods of determining additional information about the hardware device. In addition to the below documents explaining how to detect the hardware there are also several free software programs to detect hardware and other system settings.
CD-ROM drive
Controller
Floppy disk drive
Hard disk drive
Memory / RAM
Modem
Monitor
Motherboard
Network Card
Power Supply
Printer
Scanner
Sound Card
Video Card
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| CD-ROM | CD-ROM help and support. |
| CD-R | CD-R help and support. |
| CD-RW | CD-RW help and support. |
| DVD | DVD help and support. |
| CH000495 | How do I find what CD or other disc drive I have? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| CH000550 | How do I find the computer controller I have? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Floppy | Floppy disk drive help and support. |
| CH000496 | How do I find what floppy diskette drive I have? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Hard drive | Computer hard disk drive help and support. |
| CH000497 | How do I find the hard drive type and specifications? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Memory | Computer memory help and support. |
| CH000149 | How to determine system resources / RAM available? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Modem | Computer modem help and support. |
| CH000498 | How do I find what computer modem I have? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Monitor | Computer monitor help and support. |
| CH000499 | How do I find the monitor or display I'm using? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Bus | AGP, PCI, and other computer bus help and support. |
| Motherboard | Information and help with computer motherboards. |
| CH000307 | Determining the PCI Version. |
| CH000308 | Determining the AGP Version. |
| CH000504 | How do I find what computer motherboard I have? |
| CH000632 | Identifying an unknown PCI card. |
| CH000634 | How to determine the motherboards chipset. |
Network card / Ethernet adapter
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Network card | Computer network card and networking help. |
| CH000500 | How do I find what network card and network I'm using? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Power Supply | Computer power supply help and support. |
| CH000800 | How do I determine how big my power supply is? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Printer | Computer printer help and support. |
| CH000501 | How do I find what computer printer I have? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Scanner | Computer scanner help and support. |
| CH000502 | How do I find what computer scanner I have? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Sound card | Computer sound card help and support. |
| CH000503 | How do I find what computer sound card I have? |
| Reference | Issue / Question |
| Video card | Computer video card help and support. |
| CH000258 | How do I know what computer video card I have? |
| CH000307 | Determining the PCI Version. |
| CH000308 | Determining the AGP Version. |