On Tuesday 29 September 2009 12:35:12 am ka1ifq wrote:
Somebody posted a command to get bios info from a machine ( dmidecode -s bios-version && dmidecode t11 ). I thought it would be interesting to see what my machine would give me. What I got differs from what is on the mfg page and I now wonder which is correct?
The computer is a Dell C521, mfg says max of 4g ram in 4 slots, max ram / slot 1G. The output from the above command from bios states max 16g ram in 4 slots, max ram / slot 4g.
I have seen the same thing on a number of dell machines and I have seen it go both ways. I have had dmidecode tell me that maximum ram allowed on older machines was 512M when I was running (and the machine was happily recognizing) 1G of ram. I have also seen where dmidecode reports that the machine is capable of using 2-4x more ram than stated by dell. I don't know who is right. I've never had an extra 4-8 Gig lying around to test. (oh, I probably have an extra 20G lying around -- none of which fits for testing ;-) If anybody else can answer this question, I would be curious to know as well. If dmidecode reports that the mem-controller can use more ram than the manufacturer state max -- will it run with the extra ram? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org