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Questions tagged [motherboard]

Anything related to a computer system's motherboard issues. The term motherboard refers to the main printed-circuit board of a computer system where usually the CPU is mounted together with the all the ancillary circuitry needed to interface with other subsystems, such as system memory, disk controllers, graphic cards, etc. DO NOT USE this tag for questions concerning exclusively hardware issues (they are off topic on SO).

Anything related to a computer system's motherboard issues. The term motherboard refers to the main printed-circuit board of a computer system where usually the CPU is mounted together with the all the ancillary circuitry needed to interface it with other subsystems, such as system memory, disk controllers, graphic cards, etc.

DO NOT USE this tag for questions concerning exclusively hardware issues (they are off topic on SO).

It should be used for questions about software interaction with the motherboard facilities.

See Wikipedia page about motherboards.

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Access Motherboard information without using WMI

I need to access motheroard identification (serial, manufacture, etc) in my application on multiple processes. I have been able to successfully query this using WMI, but I'm looking for an alternative. If you care to know situation: I have some…
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visual studio xaml editor lag

I am experiencing a huge amount of lag while using Visual Studio (2019, 2022) xaml editor. So much lag that the editor is frustratingly unusable. Visual studio itself is not slow, so none of the "improve performance" articles that I can find are…
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git installation failing, windows 10, CryptStringToBinaryW

Git for windows is failing to install, I've redownloaded numerous times. The install log looks like this : 2021-05-07 09:02:33.191 -- DLL function import -- 2021-05-07 09:02:33.191 Function name: CryptStringToBinaryW 2021-05-07 09:02:33.191 …
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CPU serial number / motherboard serial number using C#

I am using this piece of code to get the CPU / motherboard serial number: macid = AuraRijndael.GetMacID(); ManagementObjectCollection mbsList = null; ManagementObjectSearcher mbs = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * From…
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Linux AMT Tool always throws 404 error

I am using the Linux command amttool to communicate with another PC on the local network with AMT installed in order to communicate with the machine independently of the disk system to obtain motherboard information. I have successfully been able to…
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linux motherboard dump recovery

I vaguely remember a kernel extension where the last few KB of logging was saved to some ram on suitable motherboards. This let you recover the dump from an oops/panic on the next boot. Very useful for server farms. Does anyone remember what that…
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How to get Processor and Motherboard Id?

I used the code from http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0580.html to get Motherboard Id, but the result is "null". How can that be? Also I modified the code a bit to look like this to get ProcessorId: "Set objWMIService =…
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How to implement new features in existing bios?

I wonder is it possible to implement new features in existing bios, in other words is there some libraries (like sdk) of motherboard which give you chance to make easy your own bios? What mean "supported motherboard" - is that include libraries for…
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How to get motherboard ID without receiving empty strings?

I tried many things: //public static string GetMotherBoardID() //{ // string mbInfo = String.Empty; // //Get motherboard's serial number // ManagementObjectSearcher mbs = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * From Win32_BaseBoard"); // …
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Function of MSR 0x2E in recent Intel CPUs?

I've come accross a feature of modern Intel CPUs called MSR 0x2E that is somehow involved in power management functions. I figured that MSR stands for Model Specific Register, and I guess this MSR has been there at least since the Sandy Bridge…
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How can I get my motherboard's ID, using Java, in Linux, Mac, and Solaris?

How can I get my motherboard's ID, using Java, in Linux, Mac, and Solaris? I'd prefer a cross-platform solution. I found a way that works in Windows: String result = ""; try { File file = File.createTempFile("realhowto",".vbs"); …
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Obtaining additional information with WMI

I have a question, if you can get the HD speed (RPM), if memory is DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, if the HD is SATA or IDE socket and chipset and motherboard ... If it is possible to phase it in Delphi Thank You
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From Standard Out to My PC Screen

In any introductory course the first thing you learn is that System.out.println, printf, etc. prints to Standard Out and pops up on your screen. I would like to know all of the detailed steps in that process. In short I know the following are…
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Get motherboard information

I'm starting to write an application in Java that gets all the hard drive info, memory info, processor info, and prints it out. I was wondering if it was possible to also get all motherboard information. Like if there are any video cards, network…
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Getting motherboard sensor values using OpenHardwareMonitor in c#

Using the Computer class I successfully retrieved CPU sensor values. However, when it comes to Mainboard, sensor values are not shown every time I run the application. In the most cases the information is not shown, but sometimes it is. What could…
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