Another way.
How to get systems specs without opening up your computer.
The first thing is do you have a MacIntosh from Apple Corporation or do you have a PC. This is kind of an important distinction.
If you have a Mac you are on your own.
If you are on a PC the first good plan of attack is to get into the systems BIOS. You do this just as the computer is booting up. You hit F1, F2 and Delete, not at the same time, like a Mad Monkey. This will usually do the trick. If you catch the sequence on boot up and it tells you to hit something to get into the BIOS you can do that instead of the Mad Monkey thing.
Don?t mess with the BIOS settings, like change something, unless you know what you are doing!
When and if you get into the System BIOS, poke around and you will probably find a good deal of systems spec information. For instance, processor, speed, and type, the amount of Ram you have, and so on.
Quite often there is a splash screen proclaiming what video card you have before anything fires up. It is usually quite quick. There is also often another splash screen after the BIOS code has run that tells you what mother board you have.
Failing all of this there is another option if you have Windows (if you are running Linux and don?t know your systems specs that is just sad) is go into the Start, Control Panel, System, and then the General Tab. Write all that good stuff down. For the video card go to control panel, display then the settings tab. In the middle of the window you will see what video card you have.
If, on the other hand, you want to take the top off your box you probably are not asking this question, ?how do I get my systems specs??
