Randy.Dunlap wrote:On Sun, 1 May 2005 09:41:15 -0700 Rodney Mishima wrote:
| >Robby Russell wrote:
| >>I have a client who is running a Linux server and wants to upgrade his
| >>RAM but doesn't want to take it down to check the RAM sticks until he
| >>has some more RAM to add into it. I am curious if there is a command
| >>that will tell us what type of RAM is in the box from the shell.
| >>
| >>Thanks,
| >>
| >>Robby
| >
| >
| >Good question..
| >
| >Someone needs to write a tool for this. They will be a hero. In that | >other OS there exists tools that can tell you everything about | >everything on your motherboard.
| >
| >Anyhoo .. you probably want to match latencies/timing/etc if the box | >is that important. Sometimes that info is on the sticker - sometimes | >not :)
| >
| >-Charlie
| >_______________________________________________
| | True. The Belarc Advisor works on the OS we all hate.
| | Mac OS X has its built-in Apple System Profiler that reports the | number of RAM slots both occupied and empty. For the occupied ones, | it reports what capacity module is present.
of course that's a lot easier on a proprietary, controlled set of hardware.
Understandable, some Linux folks don't want to spend an extra nickel on anything. For me, the "premium" I pay for Mac is justified. Little perks such as Apple System Profiler cummulatively add up; and of course, any box NOT capable of running the Hated OS is beneficial to my metal health.
The ideal is NOT having to open the damn box. Sometimes, it is indeed "to hard to do". I wish I'd known about Belarc Advisor before opening up junk like Compaq Presario, Packard Bell, and e-Machines.Have you just open the box and had a look. Hmmm perhaps that is just to hard to do :)
| Someone already mentioned using crucial.com or ramjet.com to get info | about the type of RAM and how many slots exist for a given | manufacturer/motherboard.
Rodney
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