If
you’ve read my Geezam blog article
entitled “How
to locate Missing Drivers for Older Laptops and Computers”, you might have
realized that there’s a bit of a fly in the ointment that may make you stay at
a customer’s house a bit longer.
What
if the customer has no idea what brand of model their computer is? Worse, what
it the Stickers with the Model Numbers have been removed by a previous
technician in an attempt to prevent them from going elsewhere to have it
repaired?
After all, on some of those websites, that’s
the information needed to get Drivers! In that case, you’ll have to determine
the Model Numbers from the computer or Laptop itself.
The
most obvious way is to check the BIOS (Basic Input Output System) when the
computer boots up, as it usually has the information listed. The BIOS is
usually accessed during boot-up by pressing one of the above Buttons on the
keyboard:
1.
F2
2.
F1
3.
Esc
4.
F10
5.
F11
In
case you’re finding that it’s booting past the visible option to access the
BIOS, then software options exist that can give you that information. One such
software program is CPU-Z, which I’ve already mentioned in my Geezam blog article entitled “How to
use CPU-Z to Identify Processors”.
However,
recently, I was faced with this dilemma with another computer that had its Model
Number Stickers removed. Thus in Googleing online, I’ve found a pair of Gems
that I thought were worth sharing:
Both
work the same way and give the same System Information on all aspects of the
Computer in question. The Main difference is that Piriform’s Speccy is free,
whereas SIW 2013 is not.
To that end, I used Piriform’s
Speccy, which first gave me this screen that gives me a quick overview of
my computer.
Now
for the important information! To get the Model Numbers, you need to click on
the Motherboard option, which then
lists out the information for the Computer, including the Model number. Armed
with that information, you can now locate drivers online.
SIW 2013 is the same thing,
except it comes in two (2) versions:
1. Business
2. Technician
If
you decided to get SIW 2013,
get the Technician Version, as it provides more detailed information. Once you
have it up and running, click on System
Summary to see the Model Number for your Computer.
That’s
it folks!
This
is possibly the quickest How-to article I’ve ever penned. Hopefully, it’ll help
to clear up any loose ends that you may have relating to locating Drivers for
your computer, especially when the Model Number Sticker is missing!
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