Motherboard manufacturer?

[animeal]

HEllo,
posted a few questions about motherboards, but didnt exactly find what I hoped. I also asked few wrong questions, need to somewhat start from the beginning. Now I know my question would sound pretty dumb to you "high tech" people out there, but I dont know much, if at all, about pc hardware. I want to upgrade to a new cpu, and add more ram, but need to find out if my mbo will handle it.
1) Where exactly on the motherboard do I find its manufacturer? I have looked without any success. Bought a refurbished (i know, i know.. :( ) pc, and no manuals came with it. If anyone can send me a pic of their motherboard and where exactly I can find the manufacture, than.. :t

2) Can someone point me to the site where ALL motherboard info (ram, cpu and etc. upgrades) can be found?
thank you
animeal
:)

[SPEEDO]

On the first screen you will see upon bootup there will be a string of numbers on the bottom left of the page.

Something like

2A59L-XXXX-XXX
Or
51-1506-XXXX-XXXX
Or
12/09/1999 i440LX

Write down these numbers exactly as you see them and look
here (http://www.wimsbios.com/).

SPEEDO

[Rocketmech]

There are a couple apps that can also help...

Belarc (http://www.belarc.com/Download.html) and CTBIOS along with other tools at http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html

If the system is a Compaq or HP it would be better to search their site by the model and s/n of the pc, which would be on the back.

[animeal]

speedo, thanx for help, but i have winME, and the screen flies by so fast that it is imposible to catch the number. Will try one of the programs, unless there is a solution??? :rolleyes:

[MR COMPUTER]

Try the "Pause" key on your keyboard...;)

[animeal]

oh, i didnt know you can pause that. Never knew what pause key was exactly for... I have WinME, and it doesnt show that info, it just configured to show you the WinME logo and it goes exactly to the windows explorer. How exactly do you restart comuter with dos or bring up dos window before you go into the Explorer?
thanx

[SPEEDO]

What brand of computer do you have there?

Is it a big name brand or a home built type?

SPEEDO

[animeal]

its HP Pavilion, bought refurbished (i know, but now i will try to build my own soon! :) ). Its HP Pavilion XL700 series.
1) downloaded the program that will tell me what exactly is my computer made of. Very sweet program. Says I have Asus motherboard. Than on motherboard it says Mew-am. However, where on motherboard can I find the manufacturer? Tried to find, but couldnt? Is it on the back or they dont display that?
..... sorry, wanted to add this to my last question as well! :t
plz help

[bushmaster]

Here (http://horde.planetmirror.com/pub/asus/mb/sock370/810/mew-am/mewam-102.pdf) is your manual from asus. It's 3.7 mb in pdf format. (means you'll need adobe reader to open it. gives you all the specs. MEW-AM is the model of mobo you have. Has an 810 chipset so at this time theres no all that much room to grow.

[animeal]

hi! thanx!! it says it supports intel celleron! yet I got p3 850mhz on it running when I bought it. CAn that be done?

[bushmaster]

yes! if the fsb of the PIII is 100mhz.