Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:03:32 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Bruce MacDonald <brumac@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to find out my systems DDR RAM speed? Message-ID: <20060106180332.95512.qmail@web33315.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <5daaa27b0601060901w6ef802ceg5d2ac27f6b315b17@mail.gmail.com>
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Why not just bring an assortment of RAM when you visit, which you'll likely have to do to install it. Its a lot cheaper than the alternatives. --- Bruce MacDonald <brumac@gmail.com> wrote: > BIOS screens and RAM chips are tough to see > from a distance :) > > The program memtest86+ http://www.memtest.org/ > shows the information you > seek. Unfortunately, as far as I know, it must > be run from a boot disk, > though since it is open source, it perhaps > could be modified to run under > FreeBSD. > > Also, I may be wrong about this, but I think > that if your current system > requires slower DDR333 RAM, then putting in > DDR400 may cause problems. > OTOH, if it can handle faster DDR400, then it > could also use DDR333, but run > more slowly. Also, I really dislike mixing RAM > types on a single board, but > people tell me that on modern mobos, that is > not such a big deal as it once > was. > > Regards, > --Vorpal > > > On 1/6/06, Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE on a > remotely > > > hosted server and I'd like to find out the > DDR > > > speed > > > of the RAM chips installed so I can order > the > > > proper ones for an upgrade. I know it's > either > > > DDR333 or DDR400 so I assume I can just > order > > > DDR400 to be safe but.. > > > > Its usually displayed by the bios at boot > time. > > Its also labeled on the ram itself if your > system > > isn't hermetically sealed. > > > > DT > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com
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