dmidecode

[Kurt Wall]

On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 09:28:39AM -0400, Tim Wunder took 98 lines to write:
> Netllama mentioned the dmidecode command on another thread, so I figured I'd 
> run it to see what it does. It gave me this curious (to me) output:
> # dmidecode       

[...]

> Handle 0x0008
>         DMI type 6, 12 bytes.
>         Memory Module Information
>                 Socket Designation: BANK_2
>                 Bank Connections: 4 5
>                 Current Speed: 60 ns
>                 Type: DIMM SDRAM
>                 Installed Size: 512 MB (Single-bank Connection)
>                 Enabled Size: 512 MB (Single-bank Connection)
>                 Error Status: OK

[...]

> Well, I happen to know I only have 384 MB RAM in this system, but this output 
> seems to be telling me I have 512 MB more than that. 
> 
> Why?

Maybe the RAM Fairy visited you?

Kurt
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