thank you alaron for your quick reply....the "Award" software is dated 2003 which made me question if it was up to date.
also, for you to know, i have found a nice free program called "cpu-z" at
www.cpuid.com which you run on your pc and it give you a nice report. i think if people have questions to you they could send you a copy of that report and it would tell you much about the pc to help you help them with the questions. it is a good report for someone like me who knows little about pc.
have good evening.