On 16 November 2012 11:39, Adam Bower <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:adam@thebowery.co.uk" target="_blank">adam@thebowery.co.uk</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div class="im">dmidecode should do it.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Mmmm, lots of lovely information! Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Looking at my desktop, I can deduce that my PC has 2 slots each with 2GB in them. However, I can&#39;t tell what sort of RAM I have or that the motherboard can take. Is that just &quot;how it is&quot; and the Crucial memory tool relies on working out the motherboard then looking up what it takes in their own database? Or is there some other black magic going on?</div>

<div><br></div><div>I think the relevant extract from dmidecode is as below, although I may have missed something useful.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Handle 0x0009, DMI type 6, 12 bytes</div><div>Memory Module Information</div>

<div>        Socket Designation: DIMM0</div><div>        Bank Connections: 0 1</div><div>        Current Speed: Unknown</div><div>        Type: DIMM SDRAM</div><div>        Installed Size: 2048 MB (Double-bank Connection)</div>

<div>        Enabled Size: 2048 MB (Double-bank Connection)</div><div>        Error Status: OK</div><div><br></div><div>Handle 0x000A, DMI type 6, 12 bytes</div><div>Memory Module Information</div><div>        Socket Designation: DIMM1</div>

<div>        Bank Connections: 4 5</div><div>        Current Speed: Unknown</div><div>        Type: DIMM SDRAM</div><div>        Installed Size: 2048 MB (Double-bank Connection)</div><div>        Enabled Size: 2048 MB (Double-bank Connection)</div>

<div>        Error Status: OK<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><pre cols="78">Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450<br>Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG</pre>


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