Re: RAM upgrade?

[Alan Pope <alan.pope@gmail.com>]

On 04/07/05, Marco Calviani <mirtux@studenti.fisica.unifi.it> wrote:
> Hi Debian,
>   i would like to upgrade the RAM of my Acer Travelmate 8005 running
> with Sid: is there a linux program to see what kind of RAM is it
> installed (PC2700, PC3200??) ? Is it possible to install two modules
> with different size, like 512+256 MB?
> 

dmidecode can give you some information, within the "Memory Module
Information" section.

Also worth checking the crucial memory website [1] as this often tells
you what you can put in a machine. Here [2] is the page for your
laptop.

Cheers,
Al.

[1] http://www.crucial.com/
[2] http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Acer%2BTravelMate&mfr=Acer&tabid=CR&model=TravelMate+8000+Series&submit=Go