Re: I need to idenify memory type

That would be great if I could physically be in the building at that time.
Forgot to mention that.

anthony

On Tuesday 20 April 2004 04:24 pm, JD Austin wrote:
> Quoting Tony Wasson <wasson@azxws.com>:
> > tickticker wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > I have a production system at a clients sandwiched physically in a
> > > place
> >
> > that
> >
> > > makes cracking the hood on a production server difficult. I also don't
> >
> > have
> >
> > > the luxury of rebooting during off hours.
> > >
> > > Are they any methods or programs out there that will identify TYPE of
> >
> > memory
> >
> > > on a running system so that I can purchase more? Like pc-133 or
> > > DDR-2100
> >
> > or
> >
> > > whatever? Red Hat 7.3 not running X
> > >
> > > I have a gig and I need another.
> > >
> > > anthony
> >
> > I'm guessing it's a "white box" server, since most vendors have pretty
> > decent spec sheets.
> >
> > I don't know of a completely magical memory display tool, but I have
> > used si (System Information Viewer) to get some information about remote
> > machines out. Once I know the chipset and Processor, figuring out the
> > memory type is potentially possible.
> >
> > As a complete worst case, I have bought 2 sets of memory upgrades and
> > just used the one that fits.
> >
> > I know some kernels are compiled with a 1GB RAM limit. Almost all are
> > compiled with a 4GB limit, barring Redhat ES.
> >
> > Tony
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> If you can determine what motherboard is installed, you can look up the
> type of memory it takes. Usually I reboot and write down the numbers that
> flash on the bottom of the screen and look them up on google. If you can't
> crack the hood or reboot I'm not sure what options you have.
> You might be able to figure it out from the chipset listed in memtest:
> http://www.memtest.org/
>
> I find that rebooting at 3am is usually not noticed :)
>
>
>
> JD

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