Any way to tell what the RAM configuration is?

2006-12-06 Thread patrick
I'm wondering if there's any way in FreeBSD (4.x on i386) to tell what the RAM configuration in the system is? ie. Can it show me if I have four 256MB modules versus two 512MB's? Obviously it would be possible to just open up the computer and see for my self, I'm hoping I can save myself a trip

Re: Any way to tell what the RAM configuration is?

2006-12-06 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Dec 6, 2006, at 11:00 AM, patrick wrote: I'm wondering if there's any way in FreeBSD (4.x on i386) to tell what the RAM configuration in the system is? ie. Can it show me if I have four 256MB modules versus two 512MB's? Obviously it would be possible to just open up the computer and see for

Re: Any way to tell what the RAM configuration is?

2006-12-06 Thread Vince Hoffman
patrick wrote: I'm wondering if there's any way in FreeBSD (4.x on i386) to tell what the RAM configuration in the system is? ie. Can it show me if I have four 256MB modules versus two 512MB's? Obviously it would be possible to just open up the computer and see for my self, I'm hoping I can save

Re: Any way to tell what the RAM configuration is?

2006-12-06 Thread Josh Carroll
Sure. Install the dmidecode port (from /usr/ports/sysutils/ dmidecode), and run: dmidecode -t memory Of course, this relies on the BIOS reporting the memory properly. In my case, on an Asus P5B motherboard, it reports the RAM at 533 MHz (DDR2-533), even though it's set in the BIOS to run

Re: Re: Any way to tell what the RAM configuration is?

2006-12-06 Thread patrick
Awesome, that works like a charm! Thanks, Patrick On 12/6/06, Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 6, 2006, at 11:00 AM, patrick wrote: I'm wondering if there's any way in FreeBSD (4.x on i386) to tell what the RAM configuration in the system is? ie. Can it show me if I have four