What program Do I Need to Check Specs of My Computer
Just like topic says. I just need a program that tells me the specs. This is so when I attempt to install MacOS X again using iPC 10.5.6 I can do it tge right way. I need it to tell me my chipset drivers and everything else. Thank you.
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- @Mets08123 Published 2010-05-06
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Just like topic says. I just need a program that tells me the specs. This is so when I attempt to install MacOS X again using iPC 10.5.6 I can do it tge right way. I need it to tell me my chipset drivers and everything else. Thank you.
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@ImkantusAny Linux Live system (Knoppix [-derivates], and stuff like that) is good way to access the necessary hardware informations; for example "lspci -nn" will give you informations about all PCI related devices like your chipset + the IDs of the components or "cat /proc/cpuinfo" will give you some information about the supported…
i've installed Mac OS X using iPC before. I used VoodoKernal, PS/2 Fix, seatbelt.kext, and Realtek LAN driver. I just wanted to know which one I would use for video and such so I can get a better install and expierence with it.
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Any Linux Live system (Knoppix [-derivates], and stuff like that) is good way to access the necessary hardware informations; for example "lspci -nn" will give you informations about all PCI related devices like your chipset + the IDs of the components or "cat /proc/cpuinfo" will give you some information about the supported instruction sets of your CPU, so that you might have some closer idea of what kernel you might need to select...
If you do not want to look into this, CPU-z for Windows will at least give you some very basic informations.
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| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
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| @Mets08123 | Primary Author | 2 | 2010-05-06 → 2010-05-07 |
| @Imkantus | Contributor | 1 | 2010-05-06 |