Oh, OK, I heard of a tool for Windows, just not sure if the 98 variety. I will maybe have to see, otherwise next time I get sighted help over, we will have to see what error the live CD gives and what kind of motherboard is in there, if the tag is easily accessible. ----- Original Message ----- From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:53 PM Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu >I don't know of any, but that's not to say there isn't such a thing. > If you have sighted assistance, than the easiest answer is probably > to open up the case and look for the data tag on the motherboard. > If assistance isn't readily available, you may want to go to the web > site for AOpen and see if you can find specs for their older systems > to compare them to your's. > Use factors like slots (how many, ISA verses PCI, is there an AGP, > etc.), how many memory slots are there, what is built-in (video, > audio, network), does it have USB and if so how many, does it have > serial and if so how many and what style- DB9 or DB25), etc. > The only problem with this approach is you're not always assured of a > match even though the info is available, as sometimes even the same > model motherboard may have slight variations. > As someone else suggested, you may want to consider pulling 1 of the > memory modules and taking it to a local computer shop to see if they > can tell you what it is, or maybe just get the name & numbers of it > and do a google search on those. The number you would want would > probably end with either 128 or 256, depending on whether you > presently have 1 or 2 modules installed, and I guess for that matter > if there are 4 slots and they're all populated it would end with 64. > If you pull the memory, be careful and don't force anything, don't > touch the bottom edge, and put it in some type of static proof bag. > If you can't come up with any specifics on the type of motherboard, > and you end up buying memory locally, and you get something larger > than 256MB, make sure they are willing to give you your money back if > it doesn't work. My old Dell notebook for instance has 2 Dimm slots > and won't take larger than 256MB modules. > > HTH > > Dave > > At 03:50 PM 4/4/2007, you wrote: >>I lost the manual and CD for the motherboard. I only know that AOpen made >>it. Is there a good software tool I could run from an Oralux or other >>talking rescue disk that identifies the model number of the motherboard >>and >>type of ram? At least if I knew what it was, specifications might be able >>to >>be found online. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
