[opensuse] BIOS question

Roger Oberholtzer

28 Nov 2008 28 Nov '08

15:37

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. -- 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

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Ed Harrison

28 Nov 28 Nov

15:55

Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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 Ed -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Roger Oberholtzer

16:10

On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:55 -0500, Ed Harrison wrote:

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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

Randall R Schulz

16:17

On Friday 28 November 2008 08:10, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:55 -0500, Ed Harrison wrote:

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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 ...

Now to decide if I can get reasonable RAM for this machine.

You're the first person I've known to have a system that uses Rambus DRAM. You're going to pay a pretty penny for that.

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-- Roger Oberholtzer

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Roger Oberholtzer

16:34

On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 08:17 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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You're the first person I've known to have a system that uses Rambus DRAM. You're going to pay a pretty penny for that.

I also had a Dell with RAMBUS memory. It was eventually replaced with a Mac when I decided it cost too much to get new memory for it. Of course, I kept the memory when I got rid of the Dell. Maybe I can use that. The Dell was a personal box, and the one I am looking to add memory to is a work box. It is an ASUS P4T-E mb. I will look up what ASUS say it needs. Maybe hwinfo is not correct. But with my luck... -- 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

Dave Howorth

16:56

Randall R Schulz wrote:

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You're the first person I've known to have a system that uses Rambus DRAM. You're going to pay a pretty penny for that.

Apparently the first anybody's heard of. The news has sent Rambus shares up 12% today :) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

James Knott

19:49

Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Friday 28 November 2008 08:10, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 10:55 -0500, Ed Harrison wrote:

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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 ...

Now to decide if I can get reasonable RAM for this machine.

You're the first person I've known to have a system that uses Rambus DRAM. You're going to pay a pretty penny for that.

I wonder who the other person is? ;-) -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jerry Houston

16:42

On Friday 28 November 2008 08:10:48 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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That is what I was looking for. So, I am guessing this machine has 2 RIMMs installed, and 2 that are empty:

Not necessarily. It's possible that the same BIOS can be used with motherboards that are configured differently than yours. On my Toshiba laptop, I got the same kind of answer regarding DIMM slots. 0 and 1 are reportedly empty, and 1 and 2 each have a GB installed. But I know for a fact that this computer has only two DIMM slots. Apparently other models of Toshiba laptops that use the same BIOS might have four, so it needs to accommodate those as well. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Jerry Houston

16:37

On Friday 28 November 2008 07:55:38 Ed Harrison wrote:

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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

Thanks for posting that, Ed - I wasn't aware of it until now. I just tried it on my laptop, and found out a LOT of interesting information about its BIOS. And I think it will also answer Roger's question, depending on how much information he needs "type" to contain. Now I'm off to check on what other arguments, besides --bios, are available. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

James Knott

19:46

Ed Harrison wrote:

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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

Ed

Nope. Doesn't show it, at least not on my computer. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Rick Friedman

20:01

On Friday 28 November 2008 14:46:09 James Knott wrote:

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Ed Harrison wrote:

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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

Ed

Nope. Doesn't show it, at least not on my computer.

Actually, it does show it if you run it as su or sudo. If you run it as a normal user, it does not show all the information. Rick -- Rick's Law: What cannot be imagined will be accomplished by a fool.

Randall R Schulz

20:07

On Friday 28 November 2008 12:01, Rick Friedman wrote:

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On Friday 28 November 2008 14:46:09 James Knott wrote:

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Ed Harrison wrote:

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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

Ed

Nope. Doesn't show it, at least not on my computer.

Actually, it does show it if you run it as su or sudo. If you run it as a normal user, it does not show all the information.

Ah! Now that I did not expect. Compare that with "dmidecode" as Don Raboud suggested; that runs _only_ for root, rather than having different behaviors for root and non-root. Thanks for the tip.

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Rick

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James Knott

20:15

Rick Friedman wrote:

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On Friday 28 November 2008 14:46:09 James Knott wrote:

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Ed Harrison wrote:

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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

Ed

Nope. Doesn't show it, at least not on my computer.

Actually, it does show it if you run it as su or sudo. If you run it as a normal user, it does not show all the information.

Rick

I did run as root. Here's the output. There are a lot of words, but not a lot of info. 01: None 00.0: 10105 BIOS [Created at bios.176] Unique ID: rdCR.lZF+r4EgHp4 Hardware Class: bios BIOS Keyboard LED Status: Scroll Lock: off Num Lock: off Caps Lock: off Serial Port 0: 0x3f8 Parallel Port 0: 0x378 Base Memory: 638 kB PnP BIOS: @@@0000 BIOS: extended read supported MP spec rev 1.4 info: OEM id: "OEM00000" Product id: "PROD00000000" 1 CPUs (0 disabled) BIOS32 Service Directory Entry: 0xf21a0 SMBIOS Version: 2.3 BIOS Info: #0 Vendor: "Phoenix Technologies, LTD" Version: "ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1010" Date: "11/25/2005" Start Address: 0xe0000 ROM Size: 512 kB Features: 0x0133000000007fcb9e80 PCI supported PnP supported APM supported BIOS flashable BIOS shadowing allowed CD boot supported Selectable boot supported BIOS ROM socketed EDD spec supported 360kB Floppy supported 1.2MB Floppy supported 720kB Floppy supported 2.88MB Floppy supported Print Screen supported 8042 Keyboard Services supported Serial Services supported Printer Services supported CGA/Mono Video supported ACPI supported USB Legacy supported LS-120 boot supported ATAPI ZIP boot supported BIOS Boot Spec supported System Info: #1 Manufacturer: "System manufacturer" Product: "System Product Name" Version: "System Version" Serial: "System Serial Number" UUID: undefined, but settable Wake-up: 0x06 (Power Switch) Board Info: #2 Manufacturer: "ASUSTeK Computer INC." Product: "A8N-E" Version: "2.XX" Serial: "123456789000" Chassis Info: #3 Manufacturer: "Chassis Manufacture" Version: "Chassis Version" Serial: "EVAL" Asset Tag: "123456789000" Type: 0x03 (Desktop) Bootup State: 0x03 (Safe) Power Supply State: 0x03 (Safe) Thermal State: 0x03 (Safe) Security Status: 0x03 (None) OEM Info: 0x00000001 Processor Info: #4 Socket: "Socket 939" Socket Type: 0x12 (Other) Socket Status: Populated Type: 0x03 (CPU) Family: 0x83 (Athlon 64) Manufacturer: "AMD" Version: "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+" Processor ID: 0x078bfbff00030f72 Status: 0x01 (Enabled) Voltage: 1.3 V External Clock: 200 MHz Max. Speed: 3700 MHz Current Speed: 2400 MHz L1 Cache: #10 L2 Cache: #11 Type 5 Record: #5 Data 00: 05 18 05 00 06 04 03 03 0a 1c 00 04 04 04 04 06 Data 10: 00 07 00 08 00 09 00 00 Type 6 Record: #6 Data 00: 06 0c 06 00 01 01 3c 00 01 89 89 00 String 1: "A0" Type 6 Record: #7 Data 00: 06 0c 07 00 01 23 3c 00 01 8a 8a 00 String 1: "A1" Type 6 Record: #8 Data 00: 06 0c 08 00 01 45 3c 00 01 89 89 00 String 1: "A2" Type 6 Record: #9 Data 00: 06 0c 09 00 01 67 3c 00 01 8a 8a 00 String 1: "A3" Cache Info: #10 Designation: "L1 Cache" Level: L1 State: Enabled Mode: 0x01 (Write Back) Location: 0x00 (Internal, Not Socketed) ECC: 0x05 (Single-bit) Type: 0x04 (Data) Associativity: 0x05 (4-way Set-Associative) Max. Size: 128 kB Current Size: 128 kB Supported SRAM Types: 0x0020 (Synchronous) Current SRAM Type: 0x0020 (Synchronous) Cache Info: #11 Designation: "L2 Cache" Level: L2 State: Enabled Mode: 0x01 (Write Back) Location: 0x00 (Internal, Not Socketed) ECC: 0x05 (Single-bit) Type: 0x05 (Unified) Associativity: 0x05 (4-way Set-Associative) Max. Size: 1024 kB Current Size: 1024 kB Supported SRAM Types: 0x0020 (Synchronous) Current SRAM Type: 0x0020 (Synchronous) Port Connector: #12 Type: 0xff (Other) Internal Designator: "PRIMARY IDE" Internal Connector: 0x16 (On Board IDE) Port Connector: #13 Type: 0xff (Other) Internal Designator: "SECONDARY IDE" Internal Connector: 0x16 (On Board IDE) Port Connector: #14 Type: 0xa1 (8251 FIFO Compatible) Internal Designator: "FDD" Internal Connector: 0x17 (On Board Floppy) Port Connector: #15 Type: 0x07 (Serial Port 16450 Compatible) Internal Designator: "COM1" Internal Connector: 0x18 (9 Pin Dual Inline [pin 10 cut]) External Connector: 0x08 (DB-9 pin male) Port Connector: #16 Type: 0x05 (Parallel Port ECP/EPP) Internal Designator: "LPT1" Internal Connector: 0x05 (DB-25 pin female) External Connector: 0x05 (DB-25 pin female) Port Connector: #17 Type: 0x0d (Keyboard Port) Internal Designator: "PS/2 Keyboard" Internal Connector: 0x0f (PS/2) External Connector: 0x0f (PS/2) Port Connector: #18 Type: 0x0e (Mouse Port) Internal Designator: "PS/2 Mouse" Internal Connector: 0x0f (PS/2) External Connector: 0x0f (PS/2) Port Connector: #19 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB1" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #20 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB2" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #21 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB3" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #22 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB4" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #23 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB5" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #24 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB6" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #25 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB7" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #26 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB8" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #27 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB9" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #28 Type: 0x10 (USB) External Designator: "USB10" External Connector: 0xff (Other) Port Connector: #29 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) External Designator: "Line In" Port Connector: #30 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "Line Out" External Designator: "Line Out" External Connector: 0x1f (Mini-jack [headphones]) Port Connector: #31 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "Mic In" External Designator: "Mic In" External Connector: 0x1f (Mini-jack [headphones]) Port Connector: #32 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "Back Surround L/R" External Designator: "Back Surround L/R" External Connector: 0x1f (Mini-jack [headphones]) Port Connector: #33 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "Side Surround L/R" External Designator: "Side Surround L/R" External Connector: 0x1f (Mini-jack [headphones]) Port Connector: #34 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "Center/LFE" External Designator: "Center/LFE" External Connector: 0x1f (Mini-jack [headphones]) Port Connector: #35 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "CD In" Internal Connector: 0x1c (On Board Sound Input from CD-ROM) External Designator: "CD In" Port Connector: #36 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "Aux In" Internal Connector: 0x1c (On Board Sound Input from CD-ROM) External Designator: "Aux In" Port Connector: #37 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "SPDIF Out" External Designator: "Audio SPDIF Out" Port Connector: #38 Type: 0x1d (Audio Port) Internal Designator: "Front Panel" Internal Connector: 0xff (Other) External Designator: "Front Panel" Port Connector: #39 Type: 0x1f (Network Port) External Designator: "ETHERNET" External Connector: 0x0b (RJ-45) Port Connector: #40 Type: 0x0c (Joy Stick Port) External Designator: "Joystick" External Connector: 0x07 (DB-15 pin female) Port Connector: #41 Type: 0xff (Other) Internal Designator: "SATA1" Internal Connector: 0x16 (On Board IDE) Port Connector: #42 Type: 0xff (Other) Internal Designator: "SATA2" Internal Connector: 0x16 (On Board IDE) Port Connector: #43 Type: 0xff (Other) Internal Designator: "SATA3" Internal Connector: 0x16 (On Board IDE) Port Connector: #44 Type: 0xff (Other) Internal Designator: "SATA4" Internal Connector: 0x16 (On Board IDE) Port Connector: #45 Type: 0x0b (MIDI Port) External Designator: "MIDI" External Connector: 0x07 (DB-15 pin female) Port Connector: #46 Type: 0xff (Other) External Designator: "CHASSIS" Port Connector: #47 Internal Designator: "CPU_FAN1" Port Connector: #48 Internal Designator: "CHIPSET_FAN1" Port Connector: #49 Internal Designator: "PWR_FAN1" Port Connector: #50 Internal Designator: "CHA_FAN1" Port Connector: #51 Internal Designator: "CHA_FAN2" System Slot: #52 Designation: "PCI1" Type: 0x06 (PCI) Bus Width: 0x05 (32 bit) Status: 0x03 (Available) Length: 0x03 (Short) Slot ID: 1 Characteristics: 0x0102 (5.0 V, PME#) System Slot: #53 Designation: "PCI2" Type: 0x06 (PCI) Bus Width: 0x05 (32 bit) Status: 0x03 (Available) Length: 0x03 (Short) Slot ID: 2 Characteristics: 0x0102 (5.0 V, PME#) System Slot: #54 Designation: "PCI3" Type: 0x06 (PCI) Bus Width: 0x05 (32 bit) Status: 0x03 (Available) Length: 0x03 (Short) Slot ID: 3 Characteristics: 0x0102 (5.0 V, PME#) System Slot: #55 Designation: "PCIEX16_1" Type: 0xa5 (Other) Bus Width: 0x0d (Other) Status: 0x04 (In Use) Length: 0x03 (Short) Slot ID: 4 Characteristics: 0x0102 (5.0 V, PME#) System Slot: #56 Designation: "PCIEX4_1" Type: 0xa5 (Other) Bus Width: 0x0a (Other) Status: 0x03 (Available) Length: 0x03 (Short) Slot ID: 5 Characteristics: 0x0102 (5.0 V, PME#) System Slot: #57 Designation: "PCIEX1_1" Type: 0xa5 (Other) Bus Width: 0x08 (Other) Status: 0x03 (Available) Length: 0x03 (Short) Slot ID: 6 Characteristics: 0x0102 (5.0 V, PME#) System Slot: #58 Designation: "PCIEX1_2" Type: 0xa5 (Other) Bus Width: 0x08 (Other) Status: 0x03 (Available) Length: 0x03 (Short) Slot ID: 7 Characteristics: 0x0102 (5.0 V, PME#) Language Info: #59 Languages: n|US|iso8859-1, n|US|iso8859-1, r|CA|iso8859-1, a|JP|unicode Current: n|US|iso8859-1 Physical Memory Array: #60 Use: 0x03 (System memory) Location: 0x03 (Motherboard) Slots: 4 Max. Size: 4 GB ECC: 0x03 (None) Memory Device: #61 Location: "A0" Bank: "Bank0/1" Manufacturer: "None" Serial: "None" Asset Tag: "None" Part Number: "None" Memory Array: #60 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Type: 0x02 (Unknown) Data Width: 64 bits Size: 512 MB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #62 Location: "A1" Bank: "Bank2/3" Manufacturer: "None" Serial: "None" Asset Tag: "None" Part Number: "None" Memory Array: #60 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Type: 0x02 (Unknown) Data Width: 64 bits Size: 1 GB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #63 Location: "A2" Bank: "Bank4/5" Manufacturer: "None" Serial: "None" Asset Tag: "None" Part Number: "None" Memory Array: #60 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Type: 0x02 (Unknown) Data Width: 64 bits Size: 512 MB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #64 Location: "A3" Bank: "Bank6/7" Manufacturer: "None" Serial: "None" Asset Tag: "None" Part Number: "None" Memory Array: #60 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Type: 0x02 (Unknown) Data Width: 64 bits Size: 1 GB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Array Mapping: #65 Memory Array: #60 Partition Width: 1 Start Address: 0x00000000 End Address: 0xc0000000 Memory Device Mapping: #66 Memory Device: #61 Array Mapping: #65 Row: 1 Interleave Pos: 0 Interleaved Depth: 0 Start Address: 0x00000000 End Address: 0x20000000 Memory Device Mapping: #67 Memory Device: #62 Array Mapping: #65 Row: 1 Interleave Pos: 0 Interleaved Depth: 0 Start Address: 0x20000000 End Address: 0x60000000 Memory Device Mapping: #68 Memory Device: #63 Array Mapping: #65 Row: 1 Interleave Pos: 0 Interleaved Depth: 0 Start Address: 0x60000000 End Address: 0x80000000 Memory Device Mapping: #69 Memory Device: #64 Array Mapping: #65 Row: 1 Interleave Pos: 0 Interleaved Depth: 0 Start Address: 0x80000000 End Address: 0xc0000000 Type 32 Record: #70 Data 00: 20 0b 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

ne...

29 Nov 29 Nov

09:06

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 20:15, James Knott wrote:

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Rick Friedman wrote:

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On Friday 28 November 2008 14:46:09 James Knott wrote:

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Ed Harrison wrote:

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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 .>>>> Nope. Doesn't show it, at least not on my computer. It did. See below.

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Actually, it does show it if you run it as su or sudo. If you run it as a normal user, it does not show all the information.

I did run as root.

Here's the output. There are a lot of words, but not a lot of info. [SNIP]

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Memory Device: #61 Location: "A0" Bank: "Bank0/1" Manufacturer: "None" Serial: "None" Asset Tag: "None" Part Number: "None" Memory Array: #60 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Type: 0x02 (Unknown) Data Width: 64 bits Size: 512 MB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #62 Location: "A1" Bank: "Bank2/3" Manufacturer: "None" Serial: "None" Asset Tag: "None" Part Number: "None" Memory Array: #60 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Type: 0x02 (Unknown) Data Width: 64 bits Size: 1 GB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #63 Location: "A2" Bank: "Bank4/5" Manufacturer: "None" Serial: "None" Asset Tag: "None" Part Number: "None" Memory Array: #60 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Type: 0x02 (Unknown) Data Width: 64 bits Size: 512 MB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #64 Location: "A3" Bank: "Bank6/7" Manufacturer: "None" Serial: "None" Asset Tag: "None" Part Number: "None" Memory Array: #60 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Type: 0x02 (Unknown) Data Width: 64 bits Size: 1 GB Speed: 333 MHz

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Dominique Leuenberger

1 Dec 1 Dec

09:26

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On 11/28/2008 at 9:15 PM, James Knott wrote: I did run as root.

Here's the output. There are a lot of words, but not a lot of info.

Is a question of finding the information. So for your system I would say:

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Memory Device: #61 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Size: 512 MB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #62 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Size: 1 GB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #63 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Size: 512 MB Speed: 333 MHz Memory Device: #64 Form Factor: 0x09 (DIMM) Size: 1 GB Speed: 333 MHz

so a total of 3GB, consisting of 2x 1GB and 2x 512MB, all 333MHz DIMM modules. (Maybe I missed some in the long output ;) Dominique -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

28 Nov 28 Nov

16:14

On Friday 28 November 2008 07:37, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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.

Well, that's not really a BIOS thing, so Ed's suggestion of "hwinfo --bios" tells you not about RAM but about the BIOS itself: % hwinfo --bios 01: None 00.0: 10105 BIOS [Created at bios.154] Unique ID: rdCR.lZF+r4EgHp4 Hardware Class: bios BIOS Keyboard LED Status: Scroll Lock: off Num Lock: off Caps Lock: off BIOS: extended read supported Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown As for RAM you don't get anything more interesting: % hwinfo --memory 01: None 00.0: 10102 Main Memory [Created at memory.59] Unique ID: rdCR.CxwsZFjVASF Hardware Class: memory Model: "Main Memory" Memory Range: 0x00000000-0x7fdcfbff (rw) Memory Size: 2 GB Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

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Dave Howorth

16:42

Randall R Schulz wrote:

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On Friday 28 November 2008 07:37, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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.

Well, that's not really a BIOS thing, so Ed's suggestion of "hwinfo --bios" tells you not about RAM but about the BIOS itself:

It may tell you only that but you saw from Roger's post that it also gave him info about the RAM. It does the same for me (296 lines of stuff) and presumably for Ed.

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% hwinfo --bios 01: None 00.0: 10105 BIOS [Created at bios.154] Unique ID: rdCR.lZF+r4EgHp4 Hardware Class: bios BIOS Keyboard LED Status: Scroll Lock: off Num Lock: off Caps Lock: off BIOS: extended read supported Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

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Don Raboud

16:59

On Friday 28 November 2008 08:37:17 am Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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.

You've already got some answers, but you might want to look at dmidecode as well. -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

James Knott

19:41

Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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.

I would be very surprised if that were available for any operating system. There may be some info in the CMOS memory, but not much beyond that. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Carlos E. R.

19:55

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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.

I would be very surprised if that were available for any operating system. There may be some info in the CMOS memory, but not much beyond that.

On modern computers dmidecode tells that info. Actually, "dmidecode --type memory". - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkwTKsACgkQtTMYHG2NR9X00wCfYQRo03PYfiYlbCQjmCEF3scp SlIAn0OI2rfOMfrImEZl4c80+gm9rp/q =kfcG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

21:07

On Friday 28 November 2008 11:55, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On Friday, 2008-11-28 at 14:41 -0500, James Knott wrote:

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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.

I would be very surprised if that were available for any operating system. There may be some info in the CMOS memory, but not much beyond that.

On modern computers dmidecode tells that info. Actually, "dmidecode --type memory".

That works on my 10.3 system, but on my 10.0 system I get: % dmidecode --type memory dmidecode: unrecognized option `--type'

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Carlos E. R.

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On modern computers dmidecode tells that info. Actually, "dmidecode --type memory".

That works on my 10.3 system, but on my 10.0 system I get:

% dmidecode --type memory dmidecode: unrecognized option `--type'

And on mine it fails: ] nimrodel:~ # dmidecode --type memory ] # dmidecode 2.9 ] SMBIOS 2.2 present. ] ] Invalid entry length (2). DMI table is broken! Stop. ] ] nimrodel:~ # - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkwf7EACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UvrwCdG36YaH8sd2cy2cMCsZ8IdUMf mdwAnizGCY0Wpwf0HGsch2h8gb+3LV8I =SpM+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Roger Oberholtzer

29 Nov 29 Nov

12:59

On Nov 28, 2008, at 10:07 PM, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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That works on my 10.3 system, but on my 10.0 system I get:

% dmidecode --type memory dmidecode: unrecognized option `--type'

I am running this on a 10.0 system as well. So I ran it without options and found the info I posted elsewhere in this thread. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 And remember: It is RSofT and there is always something under construction. It is like talking about large city with all constructions finished. Not impossible, but very unlikely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Roger Oberholtzer

12:57

On Nov 28, 2008, at 8:55 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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On modern computers dmidecode tells that info. Actually, "dmidecode --type memory".

I get this, which is similar to what hwinfo said. But not exactly the same. Handle 0x002A DMI type 17, 23 bytes. Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0027 Error Information Handle: No Error Total Width: 16 bits Data Width: 16 bits Size: 256 MB Form Factor: RIMM Set: 3 Locator: RIMM 3 Bank Locator: Not Specified Type: DRAM Type Detail: RAMBus Speed: 800 MHz (1.2 ns) -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 And remember: It is RSofT and there is always something under construction. It is like talking about large city with all constructions finished. Not impossible, but very unlikely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

1 Dec 1 Dec

12:56

James Knott wrote:

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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.

I would be very surprised if that were available for any operating system. There may be some info in the CMOS memory, but not much beyond that.

Sure there is - todays memory sticks all have a serial EEPROM that can be read with e.g. decode-dimms from lm-sensors. /Per -- /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

John Lange

14:57

On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 13:56 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:

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Sure there is - todays memory sticks all have a serial EEPROM that can be read with e.g. decode-dimms from lm-sensors.

Is there an equivalent command to read the serial number of other devices? Specifically I need the serial number of an HP DL 360. John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Per Jessen

15:06

John Lange wrote:

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On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 13:56 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:

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Sure there is - todays memory sticks all have a serial EEPROM that can be read with e.g. decode-dimms from lm-sensors.

Is there an equivalent command to read the serial number of other devices? Specifically I need the serial number of an HP DL 360.

Not exactly equivalent, but the HP Proliant Support Pack comes with a number of SNMP agents - those you can poll using e.g. the check_hpasm utility from http://www.consol.de/opensource/nagios/check-hpasm/ Example output from a DL380: # /usr/libexec/check_hpasm -v localhost WARNING - status of all 4 dimms is n/a (please upgrade firmware) System :proliant dl380 Serial No. :8114FK411053 ROM version :P17 12/18/2002 cpu #0 is ok cpu #1 is ok powersupply #1 is ok powersupply #2 is ok fan 1 speed is normal, pctmax is 23%, location is processor_zone, redundance is no, partner is N/A fan 2 speed is normal, pctmax is 0%, location is powersupply_bay, redundance is no, partner is N/A 1 processor_zone temperature is 22 (58 max) 2 cpu#1 temperature is 18 (70 max) 3 i/o_zone temperature is 22 (62 max) 4 cpu#2 temperature is 20 (70 max) dimm module 1 @ cartridge 0 needs attention (n/a) dimm module 2 @ cartridge 0 needs attention (n/a) dimm module 3 @ cartridge 0 needs attention (n/a) dimm module 4 @ cartridge 0 needs attention (n/a) /Per -- /Per Jessen, Zürich -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

John Lange

15:35

On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 16:06 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:

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Not exactly equivalent, but the HP Proliant Support Pack comes with a number of SNMP agents - those you can poll using e.g. the check_hpasm utility from http://www.consol.de/opensource/nagios/check-hpasm/

Ah! That's right! You jogged my memory. The command line equivalent of that is: hpasmcli -s "SHOW SERVER" -- John Lange www.johnlange.ca -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Andrew Joakimsen

3 Dec 3 Dec

20:47

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 09:57, John Lange wrote:

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On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 13:56 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:

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Sure there is - todays memory sticks all have a serial EEPROM that can be read with e.g. decode-dimms from lm-sensors.

Is there an equivalent command to read the serial number of other devices? Specifically I need the serial number of an HP DL 360.

dmidecode comes standard in recent openSUSE and it will read the BIOS DMI data. I have found HP does a very good job at insuring all the DMI data is correctly set -- so the answer is run dmidecode as root! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

David C. Rankin

1 Dec 1 Dec

18:01

Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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.

sudo dmidecode -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Rajko M.

3 Dec 3 Dec

05:02

On Friday 28 November 2008 09:37:17 am Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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.

Stumbled upon: decode-dimms On openSUSE 11.1 it is in 'i2c-tools' package and needs 'eeprom' kernel module loaded. It reads SPD information on memory module ROM. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Randall R Schulz

14:07

On Tuesday 02 December 2008 21:02, Rajko M. wrote:

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On Friday 28 November 2008 09:37:17 am Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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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.

Stumbled upon: decode-dimms

On openSUSE 11.1 it is in 'i2c-tools' package and needs 'eeprom' kernel module loaded.

It reads SPD information on memory module ROM.

I didn't happen to have i2c-tools installed on my 10.3 system, but locate found /usr/bin/decode-dimms.pl (from the sensors-2 package) and it seems to perform a similar function. Likewise, the kernel module eeprom must be loaded for it to work.

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-- Regards, Rajko

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Rajko M.

4 Dec 4 Dec

00:47

On Wednesday 03 December 2008 08:07:00 am Randall R Schulz wrote:

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I didn't happen to have i2c-tools installed on my 10.3 system, but locate found /usr/bin/decode-dimms.pl (from the sensors-2 package) and it seems to perform a similar function. Likewise, the kernel module eeprom must be loaded for it to work.

That is another package that has decode-dimms.pl . Besides version it should be the same program. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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