On 2016-03-04 14:40, Jerry Snitselaar wrote: > On Fri Mar 04 16, Keith Smith wrote: >> >> It is ridiculous. In opening the box I find only one PCI slot. The >> addition of a second hard drive made the box sound like it was a drum >> set. I think the cable was pressed against the side of the case and >> every time the drive head moved it caused the vibration to vibrate the >> case. These really are consumer grade products. Dell builds quality >> stuff... they just hamstring it. Oh and I forgot these boxes will >> only drive 1 video. If you want to drive more than one you need to >> add an add on video card. >> >> Next go around I will be building my own. That unfortunately will be >> many years from now since I have a newer equipment. >> >> Thank you all for your input!! >> >> >> >> On 2016-03-04 12:25, Snyder, Alexander wrote: >>> LOL, that's brutal. I've never heard of that program. Awesome! >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks, >>> --:: Alexander J. Snyder ::-- >>> --:: ThisGuyShouldWorkFor.Us [1] ::-- >>> --:: "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. --Steve >>> Wozniak" ::-- >>> -- >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Matt Graham >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Keith Smith >>>> wrote: >>>> I bought a Dell Inspiron 3847 last year (i5-4460/8gb ram/1tb hd). >>> On 2016-03-04 12:12, Snyder, Alexander wrote: >>> >>>> What kind of Motherboard do you have? Find out what its suggested >>>> RAM speed/vendor(s) are ... Also, if "Dell Says" you're limited to >>>> 8GB, >>>> then they might have a BIOS block on it ... which can probably be >>>> reset >>>> to default, allowing the full 32GB, if you wish. >>> >>> The way to find these things out without having to power the machine >>> off and peer into the innards is to run "dmidecode > boardinfo.txt" >>> as >>> root. grep the resulting text file for "Memory" and you'll find the >>> number of RAM slots and the maximum capacity of the board. dmidecode >>> should be available for every distro. >>> >>> -- >>> Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress [2] >>> There is no Darkness in Eternity >>> But only Light too dim for us to see. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [3] >>> >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] http://thisguyshouldworkfor.us >>> [2] http://crow202.org/wordpress >>> [3] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> -- Keith Smith >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > Another useful tool is lshw. The following manual from Dell: > > https://goo.gl/S5dF7P > > Memory > Connector Two internally-accessible DDR3 DIMM sockets > Type DDR3 > Speed 1600 MHz > Configurations supported 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, and 16 GB Thank you for pointing that out. I do see that in the manual. Maybe the Dell rep was thinking I was asking what is the max ram I can buy this box configured with. It appears 16GB (2 - 8gb sticks) is doable. I can work around the other issues. Any suggestions on RAM manufacture? Any suggestions on a cheap PCI video card that can drive 2 monitors? I'll be running Linux on this box. Looks like Dell recommends : • NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 • NVIDIA GeForce GT 635 • NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Keith Smith --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss