RAM Memory question

mago · 06-07-2007, 03:50 PM

Hi all,

I wonder if any one of you knows how to check the RAM type (DDRx) while a
"server" is running.

I have a Mandriva 2006 running and not likely I can shut it down during working hours to check and I wonder if there is some sort of command to see that and save a night trip for a reboot.

Thanks.

pljvaldez · 06-07-2007, 04:32 PM

You can try lshw.

mago · 06-07-2007, 05:34 PM

Thanks for the tip, this Mandriva 2006 doesn´t have it installed. Any idea in which package might it come?

pljvaldez · 06-07-2007, 05:38 PM

In debian, I installed it with aptitude install lshw (just in case you thought it was an I, that's LSHW)

dawkcid · 06-08-2007, 08:46 AM

As you're using Slackware, you can download it from Linux Packages, or get the source and compile it yourself.

Valkyrie_of_valhalla · 06-08-2007, 01:54 PM

Do you know what motherboard it has?

pljvaldez · 06-08-2007, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valkyrie_of_valhalla

Do you know what motherboard it has?

You should also be able to find that out with lshw.

csapdani · 06-11-2007, 07:48 AM

Can you advise if it will work if I simply replace the two 64 MB RAM modules in my motherboard to 3 128 MB modules? Will linux recognize them automatically?
This may be an obvious question but as you may have guessed, I'm relatively new

to linux

pljvaldez · 06-11-2007, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by csapdani

Can you advise if it will work if I simply replace the two 64 MB RAM modules in my motherboard to 3 128 MB modules? Will linux recognize them automatically?
This may be an obvious question but as you may have guessed, I'm relatively new

to linux

Mostly it depends on if you get the right type of RAM. I have run into a few machines that need exactly the right RAM, or it won't recognize all of it. This isn't a linux problem, but a BIOS problem I ran into with a few older Compaq's.

I would go somewhere like crucial.com and find your specific motherboard/machine. Then get what they recommend.

csapdani · 06-11-2007, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pljvaldez

Mostly it depends on if you get the right type of RAM. I have run into a few machines that need exactly the right RAM, or it won't recognize all of it. This isn't a linux problem, but a BIOS problem I ran into with a few older Compaq's.

I would go somewhere like crucial.com and find your specific motherboard/machine. Then get what they recommend.

Thank you for the reply! I've simply but the RAM module to the motherboard and it recognized it without problems.

mago · 06-12-2007, 10:02 PM

Thanks so much pljvaldez, it worked like a charm, it even told me that was using syncronic memory.