Reference number: CH000634
How to determine the motherboards chipset.
Question:How to determine the motherboards chipset.
Answer:Manual
The manual is always going to be the quickest and easiest way to
determine what chipset your motherboard uses. If you have any
documentation that came with your motherboard it is recommended you
first refer to that documentation.
Windows Identification
If you are looking for the chipset of the
motherboard
and are running
Microsoft
Windows 95, Windows
98,
Windows ME,
Windows 2000,
or Windows XP
you can find
the chipset
information
under the 'System devices' category in
Device Manager. The chipset of the motherboard will likely be
ALI,
AMD,
Intel,
NVidia,
VIA,
or SIS.
However, this information will only be seen if the chipset
drivers
are installed in the
computer
properly.
Note: If you are attempting to identify your chipset
because you need to install drivers for the chipset often a
motherboard and/or computer will come with a CD that has the proper
chipset drivers on it. If you do not have a CD that will install
these drivers you will need to continue to the next step to identify
the chipset and download the chipset drivers from our
motherboard
page.
Motherboard identification
If you do not have any product documentation the next best method
of determining the type of chipset the motherboard has is to
identify the type of motherboard installed in the computer.
Additional information about how to identify the motherboard can be
found on document CH000504. Once the
motherboard and model of motherboard has been identified you can
visit the motherboard manufacturers page for online documentation or
a software utility to determine the chipset. A
listing of motherboard manufacturers can be found on our
motherboard
links section.
Additional information:
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