Dmidecode – free opnsource tool for system information from BIOS
2008-07-04
Dmidecode is a free opensource tool to know information about the System BIOS information. Basically, it tells you what the BIOS claims it really is. Dmidecode reports information about your system’s hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, PCI, ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel,Read More →