Imagine this scenario. You’re just recovering from a hard drive crash. You lost all of your data. You have the windows install CD and the key…..but no drivers
or that particular machine or video or audio card. Maybe all of the options are built into the motherboard maybe not.
This article is meant to help you identify your drivers or hardware type inside your machine or any machine you happen to be working on. NO NO don’t run away this isn’t that garbage software that people are trying to sell you. (nothing is ever free. If they don’t get you coming in the door, they will on the way out.) You don’t need these to identify your drivers or hardware.
Today we’ll try identifying your hardware with FCC ID numbers.
Short for Federal Communications Commission, the FCC is an United States government agency that was established in 1934 by the Communications Act. The FCC is in charge of regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. The FCC’s jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.
FCC ID
Federal Communications Commission IDentification number found on almost every piece of computer hardware. FCC ID numbers are useful for finding information about the manufacturer of the hardware device or other useful information if no other numbers can be found.
It is important to realize that the FCC ID and FCC REG are two different numbers. First, the FCC databases are only searchable by the FCC ID and not the FCC REG. Second, many products may only have a FCC “Tested To Comply With FCC Standards” sticker, this indicates that the product meets the FCC regulations.
FCC ID numbers may be listed on a computer equipment similar to the below examples:FCCID: DZL211029
FCCID: B4Z-34009-PIR
It’s Important to also realize that some hardware manufacturers may list their model number next to the FCC. If this is the case you should use the manufacturer’s page to search for additional information about that number.
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The official FCC site can be located at FCC Web Site
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Other tools are listed at this link other FCC Tools
Maybe this is too much information but hey we’re all geeks here.
