do you know what type of machine it is? what processor? that will usually limit your RAM choices significantly.. and in most cases you can get a type.. On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:15:46PM +0100, Sturla Holm Hansen (sturla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > On Mon, August 28, 2006 18:40, Niklaus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have access to a remote linux machine. I have a root account on it. > > I need to know whether the installed RAM is SDRAM or DDRAM. > > Unfortunately i will be going to the site next month when i have to > > upgrade the machine with more capacity. Few of them are hardware > > related but if you know the answer please help me. > > > > 1) How do i find out when the machine is online , if it is SDRAM or > > DDRAM. I tried dmidecode utility but i was not sure about the type. > > Can someone help me out by pasting the output for both DDR and SDRAM > > in dmidecode or similar. > > > Can't help you with this one, sorry.... > > 2) Can both SDRAM and DDRAM be present at a time in the same > > motherboard. I mean can i have 256MB of SDRAM chip and a 256 MB of > > DDRAM on the same motherboard. > > > > If yes what are the conditions. > > > Most motherboards are designed for one type of RAM, those few who can use > both can, as far as I have seen, just use one type at a time. > > > > 3) Is a motherboard designed for only one type of RAM , like if we > > remove all the SDRAMs can we put DDR in it or it is either designed > > for DDR or SDRAM. > > > As I said, most motherboards have just one type of RAM-slot... > > Regards > > Nik > > > Sturla > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Singer X.J. Wang, Ph.D. Candidate Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University 6050 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 1W5 Email: swang@xxxxxxxxx Fax: (902) 492-1517 WWW: http://www.singerwang.com Schedule: http://schedule.singerwang.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobor, its Robot spelled backwards. - Product slogan for a toy called Tobor (circa 1978)
