Howto find out RAM bus speed

koobi · 06-21-2006, 01:04 AM

Hi,
I'm trying to figure out what my RAM's bus speed is so I can get myself another one.

I tried this:

Code:

$ dmesg | grep -i bus

but it give me the results I expected.

Can anyone give me a hand with this, please?

pusrob · 06-21-2006, 02:25 AM

Dear koobi!

Did you try the hwinfo command? Type hwinfo --help to see all the possible swiches for this command. Maybe it will be hwinfo --ram or hwinfo --memory, but I'm not sure. I forget it. So, check hwinfo --help as I said. If your system doesn't recognise this command, install the hwinfo package. It is a very powerful info tool. Good luck.

koobi · 06-21-2006, 02:36 AM

thanks pusrob.

this is what i did:

Code:

$ hwinfo --memory
01: None 00.0: 10102 Main Memory
  [Created at memory.59]
  Unique ID: rdCR.CxwsZFjVASF
  Hardware Class: memory
  Model: "Main Memory"
  Memory Range: 0x00000000-0x07feffff (rw)
  Memory Size: 128 MB
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

unfortunately, it doesn't seem to display my BUS speed. Looks like a nice tool though. Anymore suggestions?

tredegar · 06-21-2006, 11:54 AM

Linux probably doesn't know (or care) what your memory bus speed is.

If you need more RAM (always a good idea!) you should check your motherboard's manual, or look your motherboard up on the manufacturer's website.

If you have a "known-brand" PC (rather than one you have assembled yourself) just go to the website of anyone selling RAM chips, and they'll probably be able to tell you which chips you need.

Last resort: Check the serial number / part number of the chip(s) you have already installed, and use google to search for what type that is.

HTH