RE: how to check memory type?

["Stackpole, Chris" <CStackpole@barbnet.com>]

> From: Zhengquan Zhang [mailto:zhang.zhengquan@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 2:11 PM
> Subject: how to check memory type?
> 
> Dear debian community,
> 
> I was looking for commands to check detailed memory info. (not usage
> info but type and manufacturer info). I have no idea what memory type
> our server is using and we want to add more rams to it.
> 
> Particularly I don't know whether it is DDR or DDR2 or DDR3
> and i would like to know if it is DIMM 240pin or 184pin or others.

Try dmidecode as root. It should give you the stats on the memory
currently in the system. Also take a look at the package lshw (probably
have to install with `apt-get install lshw`). You can specify to show
only the memory with: `lshw -c Memory`

Hope this helps.

Have fun!
~Stack~