> On 10 Jan 2023, at 14:26, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 9:19 AM Michael D. Setzer II via users > <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 10 Jan 2023 at 8:16, Go Canes wrote: >> [...] >>> Older Dell systems had a sticker with the Windows license key. You >>> can use "sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM" to extract a >>> license key that is embedded in the firmware. There is also a Windows >>> program I have used that extracts the license key along with other >>> useful info, but I don't remember what it is, and I don't have any of >>> my Windows VM booted at the moment. >> >> Strange.. Looked all over the machine, and Only 2 >> stickers I find on machine are one that says Windows 7, >> and another one that says Intel i5 inside?? >> But when I got machine, it had Windows 10 installed, >> and CPU-z and lshw-gui both show the CPU as an i3 not >> an i5? > > Oh man, it sounds like you got hustled. It sounds like someone put a > Core-i5 sticker on that machine. > >> Think I've used belarc advisor before and think it >> actually displays the windows key. Think it is Optiplex >> 9020 small form.. > >> Since the Windows 10 was installed on regular bios boot, >> don't think the firmware would have any info. > > You can view the BIOS/UEFI infor with dmidecode. I use dmidecode to > check BIOS/UEFI versions from the command line. I'm not sure if it > would be helpful in this case, though. > Dmidecode will also list the service tag ona dell machine. Barry >> Just had a >> small sda1partition with recovery, and sda2 was the c >> drive on the 1T drive with 8G of ram. Had done a check >> on upgrading cpu, but the socket and bios it reported >> wouldn't support above the i3, or above the chips >> generation. Recently upgraded CPU in one of my ASUS >> motherboards from and AMD 2 core to AMD 8 core with >> no issues. Did require a much better fan to keep temp >> down. First computer was a Heathkit H-120 with 8088 >> and 8080 cpus. Had 768K of Ram with separate video >> board with 192K of ram from video. Way back in 1983. >> Old dos 1 with dual 320K floppies. So, lots of changes >> over years.. > > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
