2006-12-07 10:42:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
if you right click on my computer than choose properties this will bring up a windows with a bunch of tabs
you would click on hardware and than once that window opens you select device manager and look for sound and video devices
the other option is to go to the control panel and look it up there
2006-12-07 10:46:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methods mentioned so far will work, if you already have your Video card drivers properly installed. However, if you don't already have the drivers...which is a the reason you might need to find out which video card you have...then you're stuck.
A little trick that's saved me before is getting the information right from the memory with debug. This is how.
Open Command Prompt (Start > Run... type "cmd" click OK)
type: debug
enter
The debug prompt "-" appears. Type the following (excluding "- "):
- D C000:0010
click enter. It shows a block of data saved in your memory. The right side has the ASCII version you can read. You want to see somehting like this:
The 10 to 80 block may not have your video card data. keep hitting D and enter, to view the next block, until you get something recognisable as a video card. On some older intel computers I've found it quite a few blocks down.
As far as the sound card, usually I usually find the driver automatically form the OS disk.
2006-12-07 11:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download Belarc Advisor off the net. It's free and will give you a lot of important information about your computer. Including, serial numbers, key codes for Microsoft products, etc.. After the info is displayed, make a hard copy of it and put it in a safe place for future reference.
2006-12-07 15:20:18 · answer #3 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should use the gadget manager from My pc->deal with. in case you could not discover certain information about the video and sound card fashions, an option decision is to position in a software like SiSoft Sandra (loose version is nice) which provides you with hardware techniques.
2016-11-30 07:03:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hilite my computer. right click. click on properties. click on hardware tab. click on device manager button. expand display adapters and also sound, ...controllers.
2006-12-07 10:46:43 · answer #5 · answered by Jordan L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to start - run -type there "dxdiag" without the "" there should be alot of information
if not go to mycomputer press rightclick and go to propertsy than to hardware and select hardwaremanager ,.. you can see it there to
2006-12-07 10:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by midday 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋