One and a half year ago I introduce a free utility called CPU-Z which is able to give you comprehensive information on your CPU, as well as chipset and memory. Very useful for computer technicians if they need to identify the CPU, motherboard and memory on a particular computer. Until today I always have the latest version of CPU-Z on my thumb drive and I bring it along whenever I go servicing.
Today, I’d like to introduce you 2 more FREE utility which is able to give you CPU information and also BIOS information by DMI (Desktop management Interface). A very good alternative if you somehow do not like CPU-Z.
hiyohiyo, a Japanese and owner of Crystal Dew World website, is the developer for CrystalCPUID and CrystalDMI.
CrystalCPUID is a CPU utility which is similar to CPU-Z. It supports Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000/NT4/Me/98/95 x86/x64.
As you can see on the image above, it is capable of giving you every bit of information about your CPU. Clicking on function from the menu, you can get CPUID, Cache, BIOS, System, Chipset, PCI Device information. If you’re those people who loves and dares to overclock, there is tool such as Intel SpeedStep Control, AMD K6/K7/K8 Multiplier/Voltage Change, VIA CyrixIII/C3 Multiplier Change and MSR Editor/MSR Walker. All those features are at your OWN RISK! You know overclocking is dangerous and not necessarily good for your hardwares.
CrystalDMI is another FREE utility which is able to obtain BIOS information by DMI (Desktop management Interface).
As far as I see, this utility is somehow similar to CrystalCPUID but it’s more for advance user. Not only it shows your BIOS information, it can also give you:
- BIOS Information
- System Information
- Base Board Information
- System Enclosure or Chassis
- Processor Information
- Memory Controller Information
- Memory Module Information
- Cache Information
- Port Connector Information
- System Slots
- OEM Strings
- BIOS Language Information
- Physical Memory Array
- Memory Device
- Memory Array Mapped Address
- Memory Device Mapped Address
- System Boot Information
Very useful utility and it’s free. Would recommend any computer technician to have this with you. Save you the trouble in opening up the computer casing just to find out what motherboard, cpu and memory the user is using.
[ Download CrystalCPUID and CrystalDMI ]
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I am having problems with my HP computer.
My computer is an HP Pavillion with model DV6203TX.
I recently tried to resolve my Windows Vista Service Pack 2 problem. All Windows Vista Updates installed fine apart from the SP2 update which kept failing, everytime, for 6 months.
I contacted HP and MS and they suggest that I should do a System Restore with Recovery Manager. My problems began after I clicked “yes” to ther restore.
“Error Code 1002 – Contact HP to resolve issue” popped up when recovery was performed by the HP_Recovery hard drive partition. I also used my Recovery Disks which were burned by the Recovery Manager and the same problem comes up at the same point during recovery.
Looking through the HP Total Care forums I have found a thread where other customers have also experienced the same problem. A person called “gdirty”, who specialises in Microsoft Windows, has suggested that if the DMI on the motherboard does not match that on the harddrive, it can cause a conflict which prevents OEM recovery disks from being installed.
Is there a way in which I can check whether the DMI for my motherboard and hard drive match?
Which of the above programs would be most useful to me so that I can check the DMI myself?
How do I use them?
Thank you sir for your infomation !
By the way, thanks for the info. May I also say that your site is excellent, with so many tips and jargon free. Iv’e been coming here for about 6 months and there is never a dull moment. Many thanks for that.
yeah…!! i’ve used it before and its really a good tool…!!