On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 02:21:37PM -0500, Stackpole, Chris wrote:
> > From: Zhengquan Zhang [mailto:zhang.zhengq...@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.
Thanks!
here is the output of "lshw -C Memory"
**************************************************
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 5
version: S5000.86B.05.00.0070.111720061421 (11/17/2006)
size: 96KB
capacity: 4032KB
capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd
int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot
biosbootspecification netboot
*-cache:0
description: L2 cache
physical id: 33
slot: L2-Cache
size: 8MB
capacity: 8MB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back unified
*-cache:1
description: L1 cache
physical id: 34
slot: L1-Cache
size: 128KB
capacity: 128KB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back data
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 36
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
physical id: 0
slot: ONBOARD DIMM_A1
size: 1GB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.49925ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM Synchronous [empty]
physical id: 1
slot: ONBOARD DIMM_A2
*-bank:2
description: DIMM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
physical id: 2
slot: ONBOARD DIMM_B1
size: 1GB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.49925ns)
*-bank:3
description: DIMM Synchronous [empty]
physical id: 3
slot: ONBOARD DIMM_B2
*-bank:4
description: DIMM Synchronous [empty]
physical id: 4
slot: ONBOARD DIMM_C1
*-bank:5
description: DIMM Synchronous [empty]
physical id: 5
slot: ONBOARD DIMM_C2
*-bank:6
description: DIMM Synchronous [empty]
physical id: 6
slot: ONBOARD DIMM_D1
*-bank:7
description: DIMM Synchronous [empty]
physical id: 7
slot: ONBOARD DIMM_D2
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Zhengquan
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