From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jgb9S-0005wL-5S for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:43:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 149D6E0443; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:43:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fmailhost05.isp.att.net (fmailhost05.isp.att.net [204.127.217.105]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D089DE0443 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:43:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [216.78.70.216] (host-216-78-70-216.jan.bellsouth.net[216.78.70.216]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc05) with ESMTP id <20080401074321H0500cqn3ue>; Tue, 1 Apr 2008 07:43:22 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [216.78.70.216] Message-ID: <47F1E798.4090507@bellsouth.net> Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:43:20 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080328 SeaMonkey/1.1.9 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] memory upgrade References: <152991.82204.qm@web45615.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <1207031329.21997.0.camel@bunyip.localdomain> <47F1DBEB.1040704@bellsouth.net> <1207034450.21997.3.camel@bunyip.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1207034450.21997.3.camel@bunyip.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: caf2ab5e-820f-41ca-ad54-a669e84e6783 X-Archives-Hash: 8b0020cb830d036f334b539a4f0ac6cc W.Kenworthy wrote: > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 01:53 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> W.Kenworthy wrote: >> >>> bunyip ~ # esearch lshw >>> [ Results for search key : lshw ] >>> [ Applications found : 1 ] >>> >>> * sys-apps/lshw >>> Latest version available: 02.11.01b >>> Latest version installed: 02.11.01b >>> Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest] >>> Homepage: http://ezix.org/project/wiki/HardwareLiSter >>> Description: Hardware Lister >>> License: GPL-2 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> I tried that on mine to but didn't post it because it may not help >> much. This is the only thing that I see that may help with the >> frequency of the memory: >> >> *-cpu >> description: CPU >> product: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+ >> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] >> physical id: 4 >> bus info: cpu@0 >> version: 6.10.0 >> slot: Socket A >> size: 1833MHz >> capacity: 3GHz >> width: 32 bits >> *clock: 166MHz* >> capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce >> cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext >> 3dnowext 3dnow ts >> >> >> Since it says the clock is 166MHz then the memory should be the same. >> Only thing is, my memory has to be 333MHz not 166Mhz. Basically, >> depending on a few things, that info may not help much unless he has a >> idea what it takes. >> >> My advice, find out the model of the computer if it is factory built or >> the model of the mobo if it is custom built, then go to crucial.com or >> something and look it up that way. Once you get the info, you can look >> it up at whatever site you choose. >> >> Also, if you have windoze on the rig, some memory sites can look it up >> for you too. I'm not sure how they do that tho. I guess they can scan >> something on the mobo. I dunno. No windoze here. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) :-) >> > > Thats the cpu - try looking at the existing memory which is what he > wants to know. > > BillK > > *-bank:1 > description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns) > product: PartNum1 > vendor: Manufacturer1 > physical id: 1 > serial: SerNum1 > slot: DIMM1 > size: 1GB > width: 64 bits > clock: 400MHz (2.5ns) > > > That is not what mine shows tho. *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 1b slot: System board or motherboard size: 1GB capacity: 1536MB *-bank:0 description: DIMM physical id: 0 slot: A0 size: 512MB *-bank:1 description: DIMM [empty] physical id: 1 slot: A1 *-bank:2 description: DIMM physical id: 2 slot: A2 size: 512MB Nothing about speed there. He may have a newer system than mine that does show it like yours but he may not. One of those 'your mileage may vary' situations. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list