If the motherboard is working and computer is running, you can use third party software. I recommend CPUZ. It is light yet gives accurate information about cpu, motherboard, ram and others. visit www.cpuid.com to download the latest version.
the socket and the chipset
Processor socket and chipset
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You will first need to determine who made your motherboard (Gigabyte, DFI, Asus just to name a few) Next to the name should be some numbers, this is the model of board. Write it down. Then go to the manufacturers website and look up the board number, this will tell you what chipset and features the board has.
you can use software to identify the hardware onboard (such as cpuz)
You need to know the Chipset of your board
Motherboard is a Printed Circuit board (PCB) in which chipsets are designed like Intel 965 chipset
in Intel mother board the mother board and all the chips also from Intel but in chipset motherboard the only chips are form Intel so this chipset is chepest in compair to orignal Intel mother board.so there is an opportunity that in chipset some chips are not from Intel so be carefull at the time of purchasing new computer from market.
If the motherboard is working and computer is running, you can use third party software. I recommend CPUZ. It is light yet gives accurate information about cpu, motherboard, ram and others. visit www.cpuid.com to download the latest version.