From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 02:57:22 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94C8116A4CE for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:57:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from levanto.mail.adnap.net.au (levanto.mail.adnap.net.au [203.6.132.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BACB43D45 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:57:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from bofh.spyderweb.com.au (219-90-233-62.ip.adam.com.au [219.90.233.62]) by levanto.mail.adnap.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7325AFF for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:25:30 +1030 (CST) Received: from spyderweb.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bofh.spyderweb.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0D2uMVu064036 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:26:23 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:26:22 +1030 From: Tim Aslat To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Message-ID: <20050113132622.591be61d@bofh.spyderweb.com.au> Organization: Spyderweb Consulting X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.13 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Remote hardware identification X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:57:22 -0000 Hi All, I have a remote server which I inherited which I have no real specifications for except the basic dmesg output. This machine needs more RAM and rather than buying 5 sticks of varying types for the job, is there some way to identify the type of ram needed? All I know is that it's a P4 class machine with DDR ram, I'm just not sure of the speed. Or is it possible to mix'n'match the ram speeds? Thinks in advance Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Phone: +61 0401088479