Determining bus speed/memory
I have a couple of servers (5.5 and 6.2) at a remote location that I need to order additional memory. I need to know bus speed and, if possible, how many chips currently installed to help determine whether I need to replace or match and fill available slots. For instance, I know one server has 1GB of mem, but do I have two 512MB or a single 1GB chip in place now. Can someone tell me the commands to determine either of these things? Thanks in advance! -- Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Determining bus speed/memory
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 10:20:28AM -0500, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: I have a couple of servers (5.5 and 6.2) at a remote location that I need to order additional memory. I need to know bus speed and, if possible, how many chips currently installed to help determine whether I need to replace or match and fill available slots. For instance, I know one server has 1GB of mem, but do I have two 512MB or a single 1GB chip in place now. Can someone tell me the commands to determine either of these things? The best and most reliable way of doing that is probably to open the server and look inside to see what is installed (or look at the paperwork from when you originally bought the servers.) When you boot the BIOS will often display this information as well. You could also try the sysutils/dmidecode port which will try to retrieve various information from the BIOS. Beware though that due to buggy BIOSes you cannot always trust this information. If none of the above works, I am afraid you are out of luck, A note for future consideration: When you have remote servers, or servers which must not be shutdown if it can be avoided, then it is a very good idea to write down on a paper exactly what is installed in each of them, at the time they are first installed. This can simplify things quite a bit a couple of years down the line. -- Insert your favourite quote here. Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Determining bus speed/memory
At 09:20 AM 12/6/2007, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: I have a couple of servers (5.5 and 6.2) at a remote location that I need to order additional memory. I need to know bus speed and, if possible, how many chips currently installed to help determine whether I need to replace or match and fill available slots. For instance, I know one server has 1GB of mem, but do I have two 512MB or a single 1GB chip in place now. Can someone tell me the commands to determine either of these things? Thanks in advance! -- Robert If you know the motherboard maker and model, you can check either their website or one of the ram maker's sites. Most of the RAM manufacturer's offer an online catalog, you can look up compatible memory there. If you want to boot a window's compatible CD on the system you can run cpu-z available from: http://www.cpuid.com This application gives detailed information on the entire system. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
