Gpu Serial Number Lookup
If i type ipconfig/all is the Physical Address refers to the serial address/number of the CPU or the Processor? I'm running Windows XP.
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It's actually the unique MAC address of your network card, or other network interface.
edit: it's not clear whether you're after network details or cpu details here -- maybe you could expand the question by describing what you want to achieve.
edit: you might be able to get what you want through WMI. If you're looking for a serial number and/or asset tag for the hardware, you might be lucky with this. For the baseboard you might be able to use Win32_Baseboard. And for the CPU processor id, you might get what you need with Win32_Processor. If you're not sure about WMI, or haven't used it before, maybe try WMI Creator, as it's very helpful.
However: it's still not clear what you want to do with it, and none of these may be what you need. Check, for example, this other StackOverflow question.
Hope that helps a bit.
As Tim said, IPConfig deals with network settings and is completely unrelated to your CPU.
At one time Intel did have an actual serial number for their processors, but this was abandoned for a host of security reasons.
Namely, people threw an absolute fit over the idea that software could identify the actual machine that was used to create documents etc. Little things like Privacy would easily be subverted.
Not only that but the idea of a unique serial number per chip couldn't meet the stated goals of actually saying the machine was who it said it was. Basically, it could easily be duped. http://www.schneier.com/essay-187.html
Now, there is something called a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) which is built into some motherboards that provides a unique encryption key. However, those modules aren't that common and, even when found, aren't normally turned on.
So, if you are trying to find a unique id for the machine as a whole, the best you can hope for is to use the network adapters MAC address. Those are unique, however, they can also be spoofed. And, network adapters can be swapped out on a whim thereby changing the address.
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I have an Nvidia GPU GTX 470 - Can I get it's serial number with out opening the case?
EDITThanks for all the comments: I tried the Device path as well as the WMIC command (which are the same actually)Value returned from the WMIC command
The WMIC (device path is) 2F1C4782 which is translated to: 790382466 (converted to decimal).
My card SN is: 101500021088 - I think this does not get the correct values.
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Note: Note that this technique only works if the hardware manufacturer implements it. I can't give a percentage of accuracy, but I would guess the big players would implement it. If it's not implemented, Windows will generate a unique number instead.
Method 1 - Device Manager
Open the Windows Device Manager. Find your video card under Display Adapters. Double-click on it. Under the 'Details' tab, select the 'Device Instance Path' property.
Method 2 - WMI
Using WMI, at the command line, run the following command.
Method 3 - Use a Tool
A program like SIW will grab the PNP Device ID for you, but it won't do the parsing for the serial number.
Parsing It
Looking at the PNPDeviceID value, break it up by '.
- The first piece it the bus type. For me, it is PCI.
- The second section describes the card. There's a vendor code, model number, etc.
- The last section contains a number separated by ampersands. The serial number is the second number in that list, formatted in hex.
I contacted Nvidia via chat-support on this subject, and unfortunately the official answer to your question is no:
the only way to get the serial number of the graphics card is, it will be written on the graphics card hardware or the box of purchase.