Who says you can’t find anything useful on Digg? Not me that’s for sure. I just discovered an ever so handy Linux command to find out what kind of RAM you have.
It’s easy enough, just run
sudo dmidecode --type memory
And you’ll get something back, like:
# dmidecode 2.10
SMBIOS 2.5 present.
Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x1000
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 2048 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM_1
Bank Locator: Not Specified
Type: DDR2
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: 800 MHz
Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
Serial Number: 0000100B
Asset Tag: 010807
Part Number: HYMP125U64CP8-S6
Pretty cool, huh?
It doesn’t stop there, however.
Valid type keywords are:
bios
system
baseboard
chassis
processor
memory
cache
connector
slot
Go crazy.
2 thoughts on “Discover RAM info without opening your case”
This relies on smbios information which, unfortunately, often doesn’t reflect reality 🙂 Most vendors get it right, but it’s certainly not uncommon to find it just flat out wrong.
True, true.. It was right on my machine, but definitely worth double checking. Still a cool command 🙂
-c