kourosh Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 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 :/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kourosh Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-699465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kourosh Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 one last time? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-761452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nargilem Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 System pref -> Sharing -> Computer name next time, google Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-800771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kourosh Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Lol, different thing I was talking about, but it doesn't matter, I don't think its possible. Thanks anyway Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-804966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 It is the DMI data in your SMBIOS. You need an app to edit that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-805370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kourosh Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Thanks for the info, any recommendation on an app? I'm googling now, found DMIScope... Is this at all dangerous? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-806339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espionage724 Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 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? From this guy's story it seems dangerous lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-807443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kourosh Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 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? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-807505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eberts Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 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. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/91448-system-product-name-can-i-change-it/#findComment-884385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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