found it: http://aida32.hu/aida32.php
(thanks to a related ask slashdot:
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/06/1740237&mode=nocomment&tid=185&tid=190)
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.
thor
mailto:thor_consulting@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/thor_consulting/
----- Original Message -----
From: <thor_consulting@yahoo.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 16:32
Subject: Re: [SLUG] hardware/asset management tool
> thanks paul!
>
> i like that program even though it doesn't do everything i need.
>
> now i need to figure out how to get the memory info i want.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul M Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 22:19
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] hardware/asset management tool
>
>
> > On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 09:20:33AM -0400, thor_consulting@yahoo.com
wrote:
> >
> > > does anyone know of a tool that manages the allocation of hardware
> > > (motherboard/video card/memory/network/sound)?
> > >
> > > ideally what i would like to have is a database (MySQL) of all of my
> > > hardware (including related drivers) and be able to manage it through
a
> web
> > > interface (PHP).
> > >
> > > i would also like to be able to run a program/utility from either
winXX,
> > > xBSD, or Linux, which would identify hardware components and either
> produce
> > > a report or better yet update the HWDB directly.
> > >
> > > i once came across a tool for winNT that identified memory
> specifications
> > > including manufacturer, part number, and speed.
> > >
> > > unfortunately, i can't seem to find it again.
> > >
> > > if i can't find what i'm looking for then i will have to build it
myself
> but
> > > i would rather not reinvent the wheel if i don't have to.
> >
> > Closest I can get right off is lshw, a C++ program that does a nice job
> > of letting you know about your hardware. It will output in HTML if you
> > give it a -html parameter, or -xml similarly. Obviously, though, it must
> > reside on the machine it is testing. It does _not_ store data in any
> > database. It can be found via freshmeat, if I'm not mistaken.
> >
> > Paul
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