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Flame_Phoenix
Asked: 2013-05-08 16:56:07 +0800 CST

How to check motherboard chipset? [duplicate]

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I am trying to enable Intel VT-x on my Clevo W150ER. The processor is an Intel i7-3610QM and it supports Intel VT-x. However, I've read that my motherboard also has to support it, namely, the chipsets of the motherboard must support it. So I was wondering if anyone here knows a command that can tell me which chipsets my motherboard is using and if they support Intel VT-x as well.

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  1. Best Answer

    That command you're looking for is dmidecode. dmidecode is a tool for dumping a computer's DMI (some say SMBIOS) table contents in a human-readable format.

    To get a full infomation about system hardware:

    dmidecode | less

    You can use dmidecode with grep to get a specific section from command's results:

    sudo dmidecode | grep -A4 'Base Board Information'

    You can use dmidecode with --string argument to display a specific piece of information:

    sudo dmidecode --string baseboard-manufacturer

    For the full list of supported strings checkout the man page.

    man dmidecode

    If dmidecode is not available on your system, you can install it by running:

    sudo apt-get install dmidecode
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