G-Stress Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Curious if anyone knew of a tool that will scan your computer and actually tell you what hardware is found. I been workin on this audio issue for awhile and not even sure what audio card is in my lap-top (HP dv6227cl) I checked HP's web site and it only lists audio as being Altec Lansing which is only the speaker system. It seems the fixes are easier for Intel based systems , but I haven't found much useful information at all for AMD based systems. My problem is in my other post about the Microsoft UAA HD Audio Bus Driver, which is installed, but for some reason can't load and givin me a code (39) troubleshooting isn't helpful as far as microsoft says about coode 39. I've checked out cpu-z which is a very useful tool, but doesn't tell me what type of sound card i have. Highly appreciate any advice on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmo Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Give SiSoft Sandra or Lavalys Everest a go. Either will be able to give you a full run down of the hardware you're running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 cpuz will give you information about the CPU, Motherboard and RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I've checked out cpu-z which is a very useful tool, but doesn't tell me what type of sound card i have. Highly appreciate any advice on this. nice try sparta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 lol, I'm not paying atention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php Its free and seems to do the necessary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 lol, I'm not paying atention lol is that new? (J/K) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickarse Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Try Belarc Advisor Free 7.2 Also, I've used this with success http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Aida32 is good, I've used it a few times in the past, very comprehensive reports... it's also featured on BSoD Episode 10 (BSoD, AIDA32) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickisgod1 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 boot a linux live cd and type lspci Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Stress Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Wow! So many options now:) Thanks guys for all the useful info. I will give these tools a try and see what i like best. @ Sparda, lol can't believe you of all people overlooked that I noted cpuz;) @ moonlit, thanks for the interesting links also I'm gonna check out those episodes. @ nickisgod1, man I have BT installed also and didn't even think of that :oops: thanks for bringin that to my attention :D Thanks to everyone else's input as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Here's how I over looked it: I looked at your post and went "That's too long, what's below it?" I noticed the software been listed and went "ok" and added another one, hence: I wasn't paying attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 haha Sparda's weaknes... words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Stress Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 @ Sparda, lol gotcha. So far i've tried Aida32 and it is an excellent too, but still lists my audio card as "High Definition Audio Device". Hopefully some of the others will show me what i got:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Ummm... windows might need the drivers before it knows what the hardware is... Have you tried going threw there driver & support sections at all? Linux & lspci/FreeBSD* & pciconf -lv might show you more as laptop audio chipsets usually fairly generic and thus supported out of the box by most modern linux distros. *FreeBSD has a better track record for detecting the hardware I've used with it when compared to my experiences with linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 haha Sparda's weaknes... words! Ye lol, I'v read at most 5 proper books in my entire life (and I'm now at University's, ha!). I only have 2 programming books. The first of which is a beginners C++ book, I'v read a good bit of it, not finished it though lol. The second is a mandatory book for my University course, and it's entitled "Objects First with Java, A Practical Introduction Using BlueJ", probably read about 20 pages (out of 450) of it so far lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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