In Leopard and Windows (and anything else I suppose), my PC shows up as 'System Product Name' (model) and 'System Manufacturer' (manufacturer) etc. Is there any way to change this? I assumed it was part of the BIOS but I can't change anything there, so is there any other way to do it?
Its just annoying when it shows up in System Profiler and dxdiag as 'System Product Name', where my PC actually has a model name I want to use :/
Full Version: 'System Product Name' - Can I change it?
anyone?
one last time? 
System pref -> Sharing -> Computer name
next time, google
next time, google
Lol, different thing I was talking about, but it doesn't matter, I don't think its possible.
Thanks anyway
Thanks anyway
It is the DMI data in your SMBIOS. You need an app to edit that.
Thanks for the info, any recommendation on an app?
I'm googling now, found DMIScope...
Is this at all dangerous?
I'm googling now, found DMIScope...
Is this at all dangerous?
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I tried DMIScope on my DS3 and now it appears to have gone to PC heaven.
DMIScope said it would test my hardware...thought ok why not. It then hung...waited 20minutes and then turned it off. Well PC doesn't even post now. Saw all the messages about Award recover with a floopy but it doesn't even try and start a floppy....
Anyone got any ideas or is it over for my poor DS3?
DMIScope said it would test my hardware...thought ok why not. It then hung...waited 20minutes and then turned it off. Well PC doesn't even post now. Saw all the messages about Award recover with a floopy but it doesn't even try and start a floppy....
Anyone got any ideas or is it over for my poor DS3?
From this guy's story it seems dangerous lol
Ah.
I tried it anyway earlier, and it failed, since I didnt have a registered copy of it.
Seems to recognise everything fine, I would just need to modify the string...
It also gives a nice warning about computers rarely surviving a reboot after modifications
I think I may leave it.
Unless anyone else has had better experiences?
I tried it anyway earlier, and it failed, since I didnt have a registered copy of it.
Seems to recognise everything fine, I would just need to modify the string...
It also gives a nice warning about computers rarely surviving a reboot after modifications
I think I may leave it.
Unless anyone else has had better experiences?
I do
I used dmicfg.exe (usb stick) in msdos. Latest release is 2.5 I think.
It lets you set some vars but not all. I changed System Product Name to iMac7,1, serial number, vendor, version and board-id. Make sure you set it accordingly to your hardware (iMac seems reasonable) since some programs read those params to get some sort of performance values.
I suppose a bios update will overwrite those values again.
I used dmicfg.exe (usb stick) in msdos. Latest release is 2.5 I think.
It lets you set some vars but not all. I changed System Product Name to iMac7,1, serial number, vendor, version and board-id. Make sure you set it accordingly to your hardware (iMac seems reasonable) since some programs read those params to get some sort of performance values.
I suppose a bios update will overwrite those values again.
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