By far the easiest way to check the number of RAM slots currently in use in your machine without opening it up is to use the DMI Table Decoder command called dmidecode, which gives you a flat report. At the command prompt, type sudo dmidecode -t 16 and push enter. You'll probably be asked for your administrator password.
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How to identify a device > RAM
How to identify the installed Memory / RAM.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ships a memory test tool called memtest86+. It is a bootable utility that tests physical memory by writing various patterns to it and reading them back. Since memtest86+ runs directly off the hardware it does not require any operating system support for execution.
- Commands to Check Memory Use in Linux cat Command to Show Linux Memory Information Entering cat /proc/meminfo in your terminal opens the /proc/meminfo file. This is a virtual file that reports the amount of available and used memory.
- Linux command-line memory hardware. On my laptop, command line probes say I have 4 slots (2 used, 2 empty), yet upon unscrewing I actually have 2 slots (perhaps I.
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Many people simply use free, which is available on every Debian system, to list the quantity of RAM installed (detected). Gnome users can install and use the hardinfo. KDE user can use kinfocenter.
free
free is the Unix command to know about free/used/available memory on your system:
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under Gnome: hardinfo
Gnomes's System Information (Hardinfo in Menu Applications/System Tools, from package:hardinfo) has an information page on the RAM installed.
under KDE: KInfocenter
Juega poker en linea. KDE's KInfoCenter (in K Menu / System / KInfoCenter Info Center, from package:kcontrol) has an information page on the RAM installed.
dmidecode
dmidecode can be used to query the motherboards DMI zone about RAM, Ram Slot(s) and Memory Controller:
dmidecode -t memory is equivalent to running the 4 commands below (i.e dmidecode -t 5 -t 6 -t 16 -t 17)
Memory Device
Memory Controller Information
Memory Module Information
lshw
You can also check information about RAM (like speed, type, etc) using lshw (from package lshw).
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How to identify a device > RAM
How to identify the installed Memory / RAM.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ships a memory test tool called memtest86+. It is a bootable utility that tests physical memory by writing various patterns to it and reading them back. Since memtest86+ runs directly off the hardware it does not require any operating system support for execution.
- Commands to Check Memory Use in Linux cat Command to Show Linux Memory Information Entering cat /proc/meminfo in your terminal opens the /proc/meminfo file. This is a virtual file that reports the amount of available and used memory.
- Linux command-line memory hardware. On my laptop, command line probes say I have 4 slots (2 used, 2 empty), yet upon unscrewing I actually have 2 slots (perhaps I.
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Many people simply use free, which is available on every Debian system, to list the quantity of RAM installed (detected). Gnome users can install and use the hardinfo. KDE user can use kinfocenter.
free
free is the Unix command to know about free/used/available memory on your system:
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under Gnome: hardinfo
Gnomes's System Information (Hardinfo in Menu Applications/System Tools, from package:hardinfo) has an information page on the RAM installed.
under KDE: KInfocenter
Juega poker en linea. KDE's KInfoCenter (in K Menu / System / KInfoCenter Info Center, from package:kcontrol) has an information page on the RAM installed.
dmidecode
dmidecode can be used to query the motherboards DMI zone about RAM, Ram Slot(s) and Memory Controller:
dmidecode -t memory is equivalent to running the 4 commands below (i.e dmidecode -t 5 -t 6 -t 16 -t 17)
Memory Device
Memory Controller Information
Memory Module Information
lshw
You can also check information about RAM (like speed, type, etc) using lshw (from package lshw).
References
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manpages: free(1), dmidecode(8)