On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:55 -0500, Ed Harrison wrote:
Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
You would think I would know this but alas...
Is there a utility that comes with openSUSE that can be used to tell what type of RAM the computer has? Not the amount. But the type.
try hwinfo --bios
That is what I was looking for. So, I am guessing this machine has 2 RIMMs installed, and 2 that are empty: Memory Device: #40 Location: "RIMM 1" Memory Array: #39 Error Info: No Error Form Factor: 0x0c (RIMM) Type: 0x03 (DRAM) Type Detail: 0x0040 (RAMBUS) Data Width: 16 bits Size: 256 MB Speed: 800 MHz Memory Device: #41 Location: "RIMM 2" Memory Array: #39 Error Info: No Error Form Factor: 0x0c (RIMM) Type: 0x03 (DRAM) Type Detail: 0x0040 (RAMBUS) Data Width: 0 bits Size: No Memory Installed Speed: 800 MHz Memory Device: #42 Location: "RIMM 3" Memory Array: #39 Error Info: No Error Form Factor: 0x0c (RIMM) Type: 0x03 (DRAM) Type Detail: 0x0040 (RAMBUS) Data Width: 16 bits Size: 256 MB Speed: 800 MHz Memory Device: #43 Location: "RIMM 4" Memory Array: #39 Error Info: No Error Form Factor: 0x0c (RIMM) Type: 0x03 (DRAM) Type Detail: 0x0040 (RAMBUS) Data Width: 0 bits Size: No Memory Installed Speed: 800 MHz Now to decide if I can get reasonable RAM for this machine. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- "On two occasions I have been asked (by members of Parliament!), 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. - Charles Babbage 1791-1871) English computer pioneer, philosopher And remember: It is RSofT and there is always something under construction. It is like talking about a large city with all construction finished. Not impossible, but very unlikely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org