Getting Serial Numbers of H/w from a host

kdelover · 08-01-2011, 04:12 AM

Hi Guys,

Does any one know the process or commands to get the serial no: of a h/w device from a host?

I am looking for serial No: of Hdd,Graphic card,processor,RAM

I can get the serials of HDD & RAM using hdparm & dmidecode,but don't know how to get it for processor & Graphics card.

Thanks.

camorri · 08-01-2011, 06:32 AM

The is a tool call lshw that will display a lot of information on hardware. It needs to be run as root user for complete information. However, I have not seen serial numbers for processors or graphics cards. That is not to say they don't exist, I have never seen serials for those devices.

TobiSGD · 08-01-2011, 06:38 AM

AFAIK, since the disaster with Pentium 3 serial numbers there are no more serial numbers in CPUs ( I don't know if AMD ever did that).

kdelover · 08-01-2011, 07:06 AM

Hi,

hwinfo --gfxcard give me some info,but that is not the serial no: i am looking for

Code:

Unique ID: VCu0.rptl+piCYl5

cascade9 · 08-01-2011, 08:54 AM

I'm just wondering why you would want the serial numbers?

Quote:

Originally Posted by camorri

The is a tool call lshw that will display a lot of information on hardware. It needs to be run as root user for complete information. However, I have not seen serial numbers for processors or graphics cards. That is not to say they don't exist, I have never seen serials for those devices.

Depends on what you call a serial number.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles...ialNumber.aspx

camorri · 08-01-2011, 09:12 AM

AFAIK the original poster wanted a way to see the 'serial numbers' from the system, not viewing them via a label. Post 3 is interesting to read as to why CPU serial numbers are not provided by manufactures.

cascade9 · 08-07-2011, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camorri

AFAIK the original poster wanted a way to see the 'serial numbers' from the system, not viewing them via a label. Post 3 is interesting to read as to why CPU serial numbers are not provided by manufactures.

I actually posted that more so that OP knows that the actual CPUs are marked.

I know all about the annoying "Processor Serial Number" issue. I would be very suprised if the CPUs are not marked electronically with a serial number in some way, just its not accessable from the net (and possibly unable to be read at all, never checked that in detail).

I actually wite down the hardware serial numbers for allpart in the systems I build, 'just in case'.