Checking memory and BIOS (was Re: Problem upgrading memory on Dell Inspiron 5100)

["G Rundlett" <user=179@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Greg Rundlett <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> Upon troubleshooting my problem is when I discovered reports that you 
> could run up to 2GB of memory with this system and A32 BIOS.  I would 
> like to try 2 x 1GB but now I'm realizing how hit or miss that might 
> be because neither Dell, nor Crucial (who has contracts with Dell 
> apparently and can't tell you things Dell doesn't want you to know) 
> will tell you that you can actually install more memory - and what the 
> specifications are for that memory. 
> 
> I'm going to double check all the specs I can find 

sudo dmidecode 

provides detailed information about all the hardware in your system 
(also biosdecode).  The man page says it's possible for the data to be 
unreliable but it's a lot better than nothing. 

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