Re: how to check memory type?
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 13:16, Zhengquan Zhang
<zhang.zhengquan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 02:21:37PM -0500, Stackpole, Chris wrote:
>> > 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`
>
> Thanks Stackpole, I got to know the motherboard is intel S5000PSL. I
> wonder if this can help to know the memory type.
http://www.intel.com/Products/Server/Motherboards/S5000PSL/S5000PSL-overview.htm
>Eight fully buffered 533/667 MHz DIMMs
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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