How can I tell what kind of Motherboard I have?

My friend is planning on playing GW, and needs to know what kind of motherboard he has. I have checked out "dxdiag" on command prompt, and to my knowledge there is nothing on there that tells you what kind of motherboard you have.

Also, to see what kind of RAM he will need, how can I tell? I thought if I found out what kind of motherboard he has, I can just look it up online, but I don't know if that will work. Either way, I still need to know what kind of motherboard he has for future upgrades, and to see how much RAM his PC can handle.

Thanks.

Get a program called CPU-Z (freeware), it shows pretty much all the basics of what your computer currently has. Mobo, CPU, RAM, huh I think that's it.

You can also try checking the last pci slot on the motherboard. Sometimes they put a sticker on there to identify it.

Or use Everest Home (formerly AIDA32)
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1

I already knew about Everest, but I was hoping there was a way to identify the mobo without having to download anything, which I should have specified. I was going to use everest as a last resort, becuase his parents don't like things being downloaded to their PC off of websites.

It's perfectly safe to download and install, then uninstall. You can even run it off a usb drive (at least in AIDA32 with the zipped archive, havn't tried in everest).
There isn't a real sure-fire way otherwise without visually recognizing the layout (which can only narrow it down some) or any documentation like a manual. (The memory should have identification on it).
Well, I guess I forgot about the BIOS. Booting into BIOS should have more identification of the MB and RAM used. Though, I have seen very heavily crippled BIOS which give you almost nothing.
Something else also occured to me. Is this a PC from one of the big manufacturers? If it is, you can always look up the specs of the model.

Personally, the easiest would still be Everest in my opinion.

restart your computer some motherboards will display a screen and it will say the name or just look on the motherboard it will be there


lol oops i clicked a similir link from a diffrent thread and came here and i dident notice it was from 2005

Or, you could always open up the computer and look at the motherboard. They're all silkscreened with the vendor and model number these days.

*edit* GAH! Caught in the same trap as the above. *sigh*

Perhaps the mods would be kind enough to just remove this thread...

Why not just use his memory? Surely he can remember what board he paid for! I know I can remember the boards from my last 4 or so PC builds!