Is there a way to find what motherboard model I have?
If yes, how, please?
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Sign up to join this communityThis will directly show you motherboard info:
sudo dmidecode -t 2
or
sudo dmidecode | more
You can also try:
lspci
dmidecode -t 1
gave me the current Product Name. type 2 gave some serials which will not help that much. Im sure that types of dmi data differs across motherboards.
There's also some great graphical tools that show you not just your motherboard info, but all info about your computer.
Search for the hardinfo
package in the Software Center or run sudo apt-get install hardinfo
from the command line. The motherboard make and model can be found on the Devices > DMI page.
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lshw-gtk – Graphical frontend for lshw
command
I would like to suggest a variant for the unprivileged users, since it's not always possible to execute commands as root (some users simply cannot and however it is always a good practice to avoid running commands as root when it's not needed) and or there is no intention or possibility to install new programs:
cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_{vendor,name,version}
that it is a short version, shell expanded, of cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_vendor /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_name /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_version
and gives as a spartan output respectively vendor, name and version:
FUJITSU
D3062-A1
S26361-D3062-A1
Note:
Inside the path /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/
it's possible to find some files with information about BIOS, board (motherboard), chassis... not all are readable by an unprivileged user due to a security or privacy concerns.
Of course, e.g, a sudo cat board_serial
(that usually is readable only by root, -r--------
) or a sudo cat board_*
can easily overcame this limit...
...but, maybe, if privileges are available it's more convenient to use dmidecode
as suggested in other answers as well.
Below is the version I prefer, due to the compactness of its output:
sudo dmidecode -t 1 # or
sudo dmidecode | grep -A4 '^Base' # output more short and compact
The previous command with -A3
will show only the first 3 lines and it is the short version for
sudo dmidecode | grep -A4 '^Base Board Information'
that should be better to use if in a script.
Example output:
Base Board Information
Manufacturer: FUJITSU
Product Name: D3062-A1
Version: S26361-D3062-A1
Serial Number: MySerialNumber(1)
(1) if it is protected for unprivileged users, then maybe it's better to avoid posting it :-)
Ps> The following works fine too sudo lshw | grep -A5 "Mot"
(again "Mot"
is the short for "Motherboard"
and only "Mo"
will not filter words as Model or Mobile...), but I find it a little lazier than dmidecode
to answer with its output (lshw 0.906s vs dmidecode 0.024s).
/sys/devices/
only available on debian-based or any bigger distro?
Feb 6, 2017 at 14:22
cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_* 2>/dev/null
, redirecting the errors to the holy /dev/null
. Of course (I'm lazy) it's always possible to use the command without redirection in an alias or in a script...
You can also use lshw
. It is usually run with sudo
as that allows it to probe your devices and accurately report back information. Just run
sudo lshw
and the first entries in the results will detail your system and the motherboard and the bios, like in the example below:
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: Aspire 1700
vendor: acer
physical id: 0
version: 0303
serial: None
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: acer
physical id: 0
version: 3C13
date: 05/12/04
size: 109KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification
lshw
will give you a lot of other information as well; if you want any particular data in future you can run, for example, sudo lshw -class video
to find out about your graphics card. For a listing of the hardware classes lshw
analyses, enter sudo lshw -short
. For more information on the program, enter man lshw
in the terminal or visit the Ubuntu manpages.
As Schweinsteiger has noted, dmidecode
is also a useful tool for reporting on motherboard info.
lstopo
. You can install both using sudo apt-get install -y hwloc
Mar 3, 2015 at 22:25
I found the quickest & easiest way to determine the motherboard model on my computer is:
dmesg | grep DMI:
which, for the Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H-B3 in my computer, yields:
dennis ~ $ dmesg | grep DMI:
[ 0.000000] DMI: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z68MA-D2H-B3/Z68MA-D2H-B3, BIOS F2 04/15/2011
This worked for me:
sudo dmidecode --string baseboard-product-name
see: https://charlieharvey.org.uk/page/motherboard_model_make_serial_linux_or_debian_bash_shell
Simple one-liner in Ubuntu variants
sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-product-name
will give you motherboard model name
You can also find out motherboard's manufacturer
, version
, serial-number
, asset-tag
, and other string commands for other devices.
cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/board_*