You can find the specifications of your laptop hardware in Windows, but the manufacturer and model of each hardware component is not displayed. If you don't have access to your laptop's documentation, using a hardware identification utility is the easiest way to find out what hardware you're using. Knowing what hardware you have will make upgrading key components (if possible with your laptop) that much easier.
Instructions
1. Download the hardware identification utility of your choice. See the "Resources" section below for a list of free utilities.
2. Start the program. Be patient as most programs will now attempt to gather your motherboard information and this can take a few minutes, making it seem like the program has frozen when that isn't the case.
3. Find the Mainboard information on the program. This will generally be listed as "Modules," "Mainboard Information" or simple "Motherboard." Your motherboard and all of its relevant components, including manufacturers and version numbers, will be listed.
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