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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Get hardware information in flutter?

Can anyone provide me a piece of code in dart language to get motherboard Serial Number? I found some code in c# but I can't write it in dart language .
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how to determine what SATA ports are connected on motherboard using command prompt?

my PC motherboard has 2 SATA connectors. I'm far from office and PCs but I'd need to know, before to buy a new disk for a PC, what of those SATA ports are busy. I thought to WMIC commands or powershell but I'm struggling finding a command to do…
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How is the NVIDIA RTX A6000 getting 300 watts via a single 8-pin?

According to: https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/design-visualization/quadro-product-literature/proviz-print-nvidia-rtx-a6000-datasheet-us-nvidia-1454980-r9-web%20(1).pdf the NVIDIA RTX A6000 uses up to 300 watts of power. It has a…
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I want to show motherboard information with powershell but change a parameter name output

I want to rename Product : to Motherboard : My code: Get-WmiObject win32_baseboard | Format-List Product,Manufacturer Output: Product : Nitro N50-600(DCH) Manufacturer : Acer
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Read/Write to Debug Port (0x80h) using C#

I'm trying to write a simple C# program on Windows to display a character or digit on the Debug Port (address at: 0x80h, also known as the POST code display) of any supported motherboard (as shown here and here). This has already been done before in…
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UEFI variable size

I am storing persistent variables with UEFI. I am noticing weird behavior. Before I set the variable, I query MaximumVariableSize (with QueryVariableInfo) and I receive back a number, such as 65,000. I then write 19 bytes to a variable (and I use a…
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How to use C++ in Linux to get information about the motherboard?

For CPU in Linux: // ... string str; ifstream file("/proc/cpuinfo"); while (file) { std::getline(file, str); if (str.find("model name") != std::string::npos) { // ... } else if (str.find("vendor_id") != std::string::npos) { //…
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How to get motherboard memory channel type using C#?

I want to get motherboard memory channel type using C#(.net), i.e. I want to get if the motherboard has single memory channel or dual memory channel. Thanks
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How to determine if the motherboard UUID is valid?

This is an extension to this question, which wasn't very well-received: As this question asked -- how do you verify the validity of a motherboard UUID? From my understanding, UUIDs are generated and supplied by the motherboard vendor. There are…
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Embedded device, once seen on code project and can't remember the manufacturer

The article was about an embedded device containing a memory chip, processor and could be extended with bluetooth wifi and an other RF transmitter. The manufacturer developed a framework which contained: memory managment, TCP/IP stacks and…
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Change baseboard serial

I'm looking for any possible way to change baseboard serial programmatically. I should do that under Vista or Win 7, ideally it should be for any model, not specific. Actually, I could solve downloading any special tool from baseboard manufacturer…
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Windows API to get Motherboard Model and Name

I am writing an application on windows to get the information of Motherboard. The information I want to collect is Motherboard Manufacturer (e.g. Dell or Gigabyte) Motherboard Model (e.g. T3600 or GA-Z77) Can anyone please tell me which API I…
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Asus IPMI Expansion Card not working on Debian

I purchased a Pro WS W680-ACE IPMI motherboard from ASUS and installed Debian and was prompted with the following when booting up the system. [ 1.898422] usb 1-13.4: device descriptor read/64, error -32 [ 2.086248] usb 1-13.4: device…
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P35D2-A7 motherboard and F26400CL5D-4GBNT memory compatibility

I would like to know the compatibility P35D2-A7 motherboard and F26400CL5D-4GBNT memory . Will it harm the computer?. I need a link to the source instead of personal reasoning. Thanks a lot for answer. I need a link to the source instead of personal…
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0D(zero D) error code on Asrock Steel Legend B550 with Ryzen 5600G

I was getting 0D error on my MB. During troubleshooting both MB and processor got damaged so now MB is repaired from OEM and got a brand new processor but still i'm getting same 0D error while starting CPU. I researched a little bit and it seems…
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