What kind of Ram/Memory do I have...

**morbid_bean** · July 6th, 2008

yes, a rather odd question but i forgot what kind of ram my pc uses and i had found that out by using Crucial.com...however it only works in windows and i no longer use that black abyss of an OS...how can I find out the type of ram i got so i can upgrade!?

**Bubba64** · July 6th, 2008

Originally Posted by morbid_bean

yes, a rather odd question but i forgot what kind of ram my pc uses and i had found that out by using Crucial.com...however it only works in windows and i no longer use that black abyss of an OS...how can I find out the type of ram i got so i can upgrade!?

I don't know the terminal code to get that info but if you look your computer up on Google you can probably recognize the right info when you find it. You can also post your set up chances are somebody on the forums has the same set up. Here is a link that may help.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-mu...ux-system.html
http://forums.devshed.com/linux-help...ram-52677.html

**phidia** · July 6th, 2008

Originally Posted by morbid_bean

yes, a rather odd question but i forgot what kind of ram my pc uses and i had found that out by using Crucial.com...however it only works in windows and i no longer use that black abyss of an OS...how can I find out the type of ram i got so i can upgrade!?

This site will determine what ram type your computer uses.

**sdennie** · July 6th, 2008

You might be able to find what you are looking for with:

Code:

sudo dmidecode --type memory

**kaligus** · July 6th, 2008

what did I break?

How do I fix it?

Code:

will@bigwill:~$ sudo dmidecode --type memory
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.2 present.

Invalid entry length (0). DMI table is broken! Stop.

will@bigwill:~$

Oh and do I really care that it is broken?

**sdennie** · July 6th, 2008

Originally Posted by kaligus

what did I break?

How do I fix it?

Code:

will@bigwill:~$ sudo dmidecode --type memory
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.2 present.

Invalid entry length (0). DMI table is broken! Stop.

will@bigwill:~$

Oh and do I really care that it is broken?

You probably didn't break anything. Your BIOS just isn't reporting standard information. It's not really a problem. An alternative that might show you interesting information would be:

Code:

sudo lshw -C memory

**kaligus** · July 6th, 2008

Originally Posted by vor

You probably didn't break anything. Your BIOS just isn't reporting standard information. It's not really a problem. An alternative that might show you interesting information would be:

Code:

sudo lshw -C memory

lshw from 'System Rescue CD' is my usual means of getting info, dmidecode is a new toy to play with and when I flipped an error I just needed to make sure I didn't break something with my fiddling with the gooey bits

Thank you for the rapid response!