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I have just stripped down a couple of PC's, they belonged to my son who passed away last year and were password protected so I was unable to go any further than switch them on. The crafty little sod!

I'm a complete numpty when it comes to computers, I can identify most of the parts - PSU, motherboard etc but what I'm after is identifying what type of motherboard they are and what capacity they are, if indeed you can do that visually?

The PC's were assembled by my son and the parts were obtained from various suppliers.

Any help would thankfully received
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Was the password at starup ie bios
Or the password to get into the os ie windows
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All motherboards will have a number on it like
Asus p5-ab might just be a number
If you google that number will sort out the specs ect

Also a good help. Google
Mobot motherboard a welth of info for motherboards
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dt307 wrote:Was the password at starup ie bios
Or the password to get into the os ie windows

:lol: :lol: :lol: can I have that in English please :lol: :lol: :lol:
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When you turned the pc on did it ask for a password. Or did it load up into windows and then as for a password to log in lol
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A lot of motherboards will lose any BIOS password when the CMOS battery is removed for a couple of minutes.

Post some pictures if you want them identified.
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Do MBs still have a BIOS password jumper?
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Here's a couple of photos, if they are not what you need let me know and I'll do some more.

Thanks for the help :thumbup:

This one says GA41MT - S2P

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Mother board in the first photo is a Gigabyte GA-G41MT-S2P

Mother board in second photo is an ECS P4M900t

Unfortunately I am unable to see the CPU's as they are under the big fans.

The memory chips will probably state what the are on a sticker.
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