On 09/13/2011 11:58 AM, Marvin Kosmal wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Richard C. > Steffens<[email protected]>wrote: > I am thinking finding out the Mother Board type is important to answer these > questions.
I ran lshw yesterday while looking for what kind of memory I have, so I already have the motherboard info: MSI MS-6380E Details in a review at: http://reviews.cnet.com/motherboards/msi-ms-6380e-motherboard/1707-3049_7-30644067.html On 09/13/2011 12:04 PM, Larry Williams wrote: <...> > Just a guess, perhaps the sticks or the MB don't support speed reports. Could be. > Well, leading to the second question, if you're gonna crack the case and > add RAM, may as well do it now to see what they are. If they're OE > installed then they probably are the same speed as the MB can handle; > check online for system specs (You'd want to meet those specs anyway > when buying RAM). I remember putting one of them in myself several years ago when upgrading to a whole gig was a big deal. According to the CNET review, the motherboard supports 333 MHz, 200 MHz, and 266 MHz. I figure that once I know what the installed ones are I'll get another that is the same speed. > If you can afford it, make all the sticks identical in size and speed. Economy is required. Hence, I'm trying to keep what I have and just add another gig. > I seem to recall something about a > performance hit using different sized modules, but I can't back that up. That would be useful to know since performance is something I'm trying to improve. > Different speeds means the slowest will set the standard. I assumed there would be some gotcha if they were mixed. I thought they might not work together at all. On 09/13/2011 12:25 PM, Dale Snell wrote: > Your BIOS ought to be able to give you that information. At > least, the ones I've used have. (I admit that my sample size > isn't very big. One Tyan board and several ASUS boxen.) If I don't come up with another solution I'll try that before pulling the cover off the case. > Another possibility is the lshw program. At least with lshw you won't > need to reboot. As mentioned above, I've tried that. >> Second question: Can I add a 1 GB module to the third socket or >> do I need to replace the two 512 MB modules with 1 GB modules >> to get to 2 GB? > There you'll have to check your motherboard's documentation. Now that you mention it, I think I still have the motherboard box, and the docs. I'll have to dig those out. On 09/13/2011 12:33 PM, Russell Johnson wrote: > How about getting the model number, if available, and checking with the > manufacture. See above. Thanks for all the ideas. I'll do some more digging and see what I find. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
