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Want to figure out all your computer specs? Stuff like CPU speed, RAM, Hard Drive space, screen resolution, etc? It's actually not as easy as it should be. Maybe I'm missing something, but as far as I can tell, you have to go to separate areas in Windows to figure this it out.
So here's a how-to chart:
RAM & Windows Version -Right-click My Computer and select Properties . The screen that pops up will give you info on what version of Windows you're running and how much RAM is currently installed in the machine.
Hard Drive Space -Open My Computer , right-click the C: drive, and select Properties from the resulting menu. You'll get a handy little Pie chart that gives you used and available HD space.
Screen Resolution -Right-click the Windows Desktop and select Properties . Hit the Settings tab on the resulting screen. You'll see your resolution and color depth listed there.
CPU Speed -Windows XP will actually give you this if you right-click My Computer, Properties . However, older versions of Windows won't give you the slightest hint as to the CPU speed.
So, what can you do?
First place to look is towards the top of the screen when the computer first starts up. Some machines will display the type of processor and speed. If you have some sort of splash screen come up when you first turn on the computer, try hitting the Escape key. Sometimes that will remove the splash screen and let you see the "real" screen behind it.
If that doesn't work, you may need to find a third party software utility to check CPU speed. I haven't run one of these for a couple years, so I don't really have a good one to recommend. I went over to ZD Net http://downloads-zdnet.com.com and typed " CPU speed " into the search engine, but there weren't any freebies that I could find.
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Get Your Computer Details
Want to figure out all your computer specs? Stuff like CPU speed, RAM, Hard Drive space, screen resolution, etc? It's actually not as easy as it should be. Maybe I'm missing something, but as far as I can tell, you have to go to separate areas in Windows to figure this it out.
So here's a how-to chart:
RAM & Windows Version -Right-click My Computer and select Properties . The screen that pops up will give you info on what version of Windows you're running and how much RAM is currently installed in the machine.
Hard Drive Space -Open My Computer , right-click the C: drive, and select Properties from the resulting menu. You'll get a handy little Pie chart that gives you used and available HD space.
Screen Resolution -Right-click the Windows Desktop and select Properties . Hit the Settings tab on the resulting screen. You'll see your resolution and color depth listed there.
CPU Speed -Windows XP will actually give you this if you right-click My Computer, Properties . However, older versions of Windows won't give you the slightest hint as to the CPU speed.
So, what can you do?
First place to look is towards the top of the screen when the computer first starts up. Some machines will display the type of processor and speed. If you have some sort of splash screen come up when you first turn on the computer, try hitting the Escape key. Sometimes that will remove the splash screen and let you see the "real" screen behind it.
If that doesn't work, you may need to find a third party software utility to check CPU speed. I haven't run one of these for a couple years, so I don't really have a good one to recommend. I went over to ZD Net http://downloads-zdnet.com.com and typed " CPU speed " into the search engine, but there weren't any freebies that I could find.
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The programs discussed in this manual were all written in FORTRAN 77, and use no special statements that are machine specific. The programs themselves are straightforward computational algorithms. In fact, these programs could quite easily be translated into another language, or used by someone who had no previous knowledge of FORTRAN, just by learning the meaning of a few statements that are analogous to those in C, for example. All programs should be run in double precision (8 bytes or 64 bits per real variable). Running the finite difference routines in single precision may give reasonable answers, but double precision is more trustworthy. Running the finite element routines in single precision will not work, except perhaps for very small systems, on the order of 103 = 1000 nodes.
In the finite element programs, all the main arrays are passed to subroutines via simple common statements. Small variables and parameters are passed in the subroutine calls. In contrast to this, in the finite difference programs, all variables, including the main arrays, are passed via subroutine call parameter lists. There are no common blocks used. In the finite element programs, the dimensions of the system can be easily changed by doing a global replace on the dimensions shown in the array declarations in the main program, since the dimensions of the main arrays in the subroutines must be changed as well. The values of nx, ny, and nz are then changed to match. The dimensions of the main arrays in the finite difference programs only need to be changed in the main program. There is no reason why the system studied has to be a cube. All the programs will handle a rectangular parallelipiped with nx ny nz . There are no input files except that for the system digital image. If the user desires to have the various phase conductivities, elastic moduli, etc. given in input files, that is easy to introduce into the programs.
The programs discussed in this manual may be downloaded at /pub/bfrl/garbocz/FDFEMANUAL, at the site ftp.nist.gov.
Postscript and pdf versions of this manual may be downloaded as well (printed manual has a non-working ftp site). The manual may also be requested from the author in paper form: edward.garboczi@nist.gov
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Find Hardware Specs (Details) on your Computer February 18, 2007Posted by Carthik in commands, snippets, ubuntu. trackback
I stumbled upon the nifty “lshw” tool today. lshw lists your hardware. Try it now:$sudo lshw
You can get specific details by using the -C flag:$sudo lshw -C diskwill list all you hard disks.
It create an html page with your hardware details if you do a:$sudo lshw -html > your-file-name.htmlI generated one for my laptop and put it up for future reference. Now I have an answer to the question, “what network adapter do you have, or what wireless driver are you using?”
I know, this is something probably all of you know already. I just found out about this little tool today. I expect this info might be useful for those of you just learning the ropes, like me.
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1. Mikkel Høgh - February 18, 2007
Oh, if only I’d known about this about a month ago, where I spent hours trying to find out what MHz my current RAM were running at so I could get some that matched….
2. Michel Leunen - February 18, 2007
The possibility to create an html file is very handy. I didn’t know this utility. Thanks.
3. Stoffe - February 18, 2007
Thanks, good tip. Also, maybe a good debaday entry?
4. beanpicks - February 18, 2007
Thanks a lot for helping me know this wonderful tool. Have linked you in my site
Arunhttp://www.arunma.com
5. Beanpicks - February 18, 2007
lshw - Hardware details on Ubuntu/Linux
This is a wonderful tool for Linux users. Know all your hardware details with this superb tool called “lshw”Try it now:$sudo lshwYou can get specific details by using the -C flag:$sudo lshw -C diskwill list all you hard disks.To create an h…
6. Sohum - February 18, 2007
Well, this person didn’t know about it.Thanks muchly!
7. towsonu2003 - February 18, 2007
I didn’t know about the html option. This was a great tip Thanks a lot!!
8. christooss - February 18, 2007
Thanks man. This is great tip
9. Dave Morley - February 18, 2007
Dude you just published your ip config and mac address for the ip config to the world. Not such a strong security tip. But in fairness a great tip for a private html page.
10. mpt - February 18, 2007
I think that if there’s anything you can tell from lshw that you can’t tell from the Device Manager, that’s a bug worth reporting about the Device Manager.
11. Darko Beta - February 18, 2007
Awesome tip! Very useful–thanks.
12. shorty114 - February 18, 2007
Nice tip. Should make support easier.
13. tab - February 18, 2007
A+ and a Gold Star
14. ubuntonista - February 19, 2007
Wow, seems like I was not the only one who found it terribly handy
mpt, as opposed to lshw, I have trouble figuring out where to find out, say, the make and specs of my processor. The lshw page that I created for myself(that’s another thing the Device Manager lacks), seems to have information organized in a better, more readable way.
I filed two bugs:bug 1, bug 2.
15. Roy Schestowitz - February 19, 2007
Will you be interested in some nice point-and-click interface that fetches and presents all this information?
16. ubuntonista - February 19, 2007
Hi Roy,
If I understand correctly, mpt was saying that that’s what the device database is supposed to do. Improvements to that would be most welcome
17. Dave Morley - February 19, 2007
Roy sysinfo does it nice gui wrap around lshw but give both an abbreviated version and a full listing. Oh and it’s in the ubuntu repo’s
18. protocol7 » Blog Archive » links for 2007-02-19 - February 19, 2007
[...] Find Hardware Specs (Details) on your Computer (tags: hardware linux ubuntu lshw) [...]
19. Shankar Ganseh - February 19, 2007
you could even use the hwinfo command
20. Splitsch - February 19, 2007
Thanks for this tools I like it, and I will promote it in french, on my bloghttp://www.pastanque.be/splitsch
21. richo123 - February 19, 2007
You may also want to use lshw-gtk for a gui view
22. elbeto - February 19, 2007
It would be nice for Ubuntu tu enable this by default with a command in the menu.
23. Luke - February 19, 2007
Crap! How come I didn’t know about lshw! I can think of so many different times I needed something exactly like this.
Thank you so much for posting this.
24. Dwight - February 19, 2007
sweet sweet and sweet!
25. www.davidsabate.info » Find Hardware Specs (Details) on your Computer - February 19, 2007
[...] just read about a really useful command that let you know the specifications in detail of your [...]
26. Carthik Sharma: Find Hardware Specs (Details) on your Computer - Spellbook - IT mage’s best friend - February 20, 2007
[...] post by Planet Ubuntu Tagged: Linux, Ubuntu Trackback [...]
27. Mika - February 20, 2007
Thanks for that packages, even more interesting is that lshw-gtk packet, so you can browse through that information on X.
Please don’t mind, i mentioned your article on my debian blog….
28. Dave - February 21, 2007
Hi, Well i feel like a real dumbo but how do you use this $sudo lshwwhere do you type it?everyone here seems to know……… so im dumb..However Where do we type it?
Cheersfanxta
29. lshw, listado detallado del hardware de tu equipo « El Blog de rubensa - February 21, 2007
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30. Martyn - February 23, 2007
another example of why linux is awesome!
31. Inez Wells - March 9, 2007
This blog is really superb!!! Thank you for you work! Good Luck
32. gunz - March 15, 2007
Wow - Thanks! Didn’t know the html bit. Very very handy! It will form a major part of my command toolkit now! Thanks again!
33. apt105.com - links for 2007-03-31 - March 31, 2007
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34. Je pense, donc je suis libre » Blog Archive » Liens en vrac du 22-04-2007 - April 22, 2007
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35. Conocer a fondo el Hardware con Linux « oo0~Black Rose~0oo - April 28, 2007
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36. Un monde parfait » Connaitre les caractéristiques de son ordi - May 3, 2007
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37. Another Gandalf - July 16, 2007
Thanks a bunch for this tool - really useful
38. davidsabate.net » lshw: check your hardware - August 29, 2007
[...] Source : Ubuntu blog [...]
39. sakthienator - September 19, 2007
how to cpu, processor details,memory details(Hard Disk,RAM),processor speed in linux machine..
i need the exact command to do that.plz do the needful thing for that
40. rico - September 24, 2007
i want to know the sound card whether it is working or not
41. tag - October 13, 2007
thanks for the blog….its really nice & useful information
42. Dudley’s Weblog - October 13, 2007
[...] 02 2007 Über diesen Post hab ich von einem genialen Tool erfahren: [...]
43. Paul - November 12, 2007
Wow what a fantastic too. I’ll definately be using this a bit!
44. Saul - November 14, 2007
Yep, Hewlett Packard definitely makes nice notebooks and I’ve owed several of them. I think though since I own my own business now I’d like to get a laptop with a little more “umph” so I’ve been looking at the different models that Sony makes. I’ve never actually owned a Sony but I’ve used a countless number of them and they’ve always given me a pleasurable experience.
I’m looking to go Pentium and a 3 Gig minimum with at least 2 Gigs of RAM. I plan on spending a lot of time on the road and I’ll need this power to run my business from the road and in other offices. Can anyone recommend a specific model?
45. Kim - December 4, 2007
Thank you…
It help when I needed info about my 8 year old MAC POWERBOOK G4 with UBUNTU 6.06 LTS.
// Kim
46. will smith - January 14, 2008
Hey all,
I tried to use this command in OpenSuse 10.3 and it wouldn’t work. come to find out lshw is a bit more than a command. Here is a weblink for the site for it.
http://ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter
In addition, I found three other commands that might come in handy for us Linux folks.command - hwinfo - basically does the same thing as lshw (I think)command - free - shows you how much memory you have in the systemcommand - dmidecode - not exactly sure what it does but it sure does look cool
later
47. Kiim - March 30, 2008
Hey all,
I tried to use this command in OpenSuse 10.3 and it wouldn’t work. come to find out lshw is a bit more than a command. Here is a weblink for the site for it.
http://www.0s0s.net
48. jdocih - July 13, 2008
here is the result of my List Hardware(?)localuser@localhost:~$ sudo lshw ?Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.12.01usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]lshw -version
-version print program version (B.02.12.01)
format can be-html output hardware tree as HTML-xml output hardware tree as XML-short output hardware paths-businfo output bus information
options can be-class CLASS only show a certain class of hardware-C CLASS same as ‘-class CLASS’-disable TEST disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )-enable TEST enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid, etc. )-quiet don’t display status-sanitize sanitize output (remove sensitive information like serial numbers, etc.)
49. sonu gupta - July 31, 2008
whats rate new pc for L.C.D AND SEND ALL DETAILS E-MAIL ;sonu_g123@yahoo.co.in
50. Boy in the Bands » Blog Archive » What kind of hardware does your Ubuntu computer have? - October 25, 2008
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51. imrose - January 6, 2009
hi, i want to install 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter for ubuntu 8.04. could you please help me for this.
regards
52. Danielrj - January 6, 2009
Thanks .. very nice … just what i was looking for!
53. Willem - January 16, 2009
even easier: install package lshw-gtk!
54. spy - January 17, 2009
It does not give your screen model name.
55. Rodrigo Bastías - February 13, 2009
Excellent!! Just the command that I was looking for!!Thanks a lot!
56. Neil P - February 21, 2009
You are a hero…thanks so much.
I have been trying to ID the hardware on a second hand box, to install Mac Leopard 10.5.5 but cant get a distro till I know the hardware. boot in to ubuntu….xubuntu and drag off the info
57. ches - February 23, 2009
awesome
58. Steve - March 1, 2009
I have to add to the accolades, just what I needed to find out exactly what I had inherited when I picked up this old box.
What a shame it is not documented in the Ubuntu Install Procedures. It might make resolving hardware based installation procedures a little easier.
I find it odd that you can notify Launchpad about your configuration on installation but you cannot find out yourself.
59. VJ - March 4, 2009
Very helpful. Thank you!
60. Rob - March 23, 2009
Wow, just found this. Great post. Referenced in it one of my blogs. Thanks
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