Hardware

http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

I typically write with a sharpie marker on the desktop case what video/lan/sound/motherboard is inside.

System Information for windows

Free and easy to use, gives lots of system info.

Try Everest ultimate Edition from Lavalys. You can get it from www.lavalys.com.

You need to buy the software to utilize all the options available.

Free Edition provides information only upto a particular extent.

and if you want a comprehensive report or section report it will do it for you.

AIDA32 is a professional system information, diagnostics and benchmarking program running on Win32 platforms. It extracts details of all components of the PC. It can display information on the screen, print it, or save it to file in various formats like HTML, CSV or XML. For corporate users, AIDA32 offers command-line switches, network audit and audit statistics, remote system information and network management.

http://download.cnet.com/AIDA32/3000-2094_4-10129233.html

All of the programs that report on the installed devices in your computer can only report what is in the registry for the devices. Or, what information is stored in the firm-ware of the device itself.

If you have tried some of the listed software, or Belarc Advisor, You are likely aware of the limitation. Which is why you are asking for something different.

In reality, it does not matter what specific graphics card or sound device is in your computer unless you are looking to upgrade the firm-ware or BIOS.

From the generic chip-set and device ID information, you can download the chip manufactures "reference" drivers and 95% of the time all will work properly.

Only in the rare instance where a card manufacture makes use of special features or functions does installing the actual card manufactures driver make any difference.

All of the above stated, this site:

http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/

has some very good links to resources that can extract the maximum amount of information about system devices and PCI cards specifically.

Chas

Download here:
http://www.sisoftware.net/