Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1784 mails)

[donh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don Hansford)]

Message-ID: <3A28D34B.3C6733ED@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 20:47:39 +1000
From: Don Hansford <donh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [SLE] How to ID a graphics card ??



"Christopher W. Aiken" wrote:
> 
> Is there anyway to find out the make/model
> of a graphics card/chip w/o actually tearing
> the machine apart and checking the board for
> some clues?  I have a machine at my office
> that I'm not permitted to tamper with.

All the other replies seem to assume you are using Linux on that
machine. Just to be different, I'll assume you are not! :-)
The first item that is displayed on the screen is the "signature" of the
video adapter. Many times you don't see this as the monitor display
hasn't warmed up enough to show it.
Do the DOS handshake (Ctrl-Alt-Del) a couple of times at boot (before
the OS starts loading), so the monitor is warmed up, and you will see it
right there at the top of the screen.
Mine comes up with the green SiS logo in the top left of screen,
followed by the model and the revision number.
Of course, if it's running Windows, you can right-click the desktop,
bring up the properties menu, choose advanced, and go to the tab that
says "Adapter"

Hope this helps


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