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From: Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] how accurate is 'lshw' (was memory upgrade) ?
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:14:36
Message-Id: 20080403131433.GA5072@sympatico.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] memory upgrade by Dale
1 080401 Dale wrote:
2 > W.Kenworthy wrote:
3 >> *-bank:1
4 >> description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
5 >> product: PartNum1
6 >> vendor: Manufacturer1
7 >> physical id: 1
8 >> serial: SerNum1
9 >> slot: DIMM1
10 >> size: 1GB
11 >> width: 64 bits
12 >> clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
13 > That is not what mine shows tho. Nothing about speed there.
14 > *-bank:0
15 > description: DIMM
16 > physical id: 0
17 > slot: A0
18 > size: 512MB
19
20 When I run 'lshw', the memory lines come out as :
21
22 *-bank:0
23 description: DIMM Synchronous 1872 MHz (0.5 ns)
24 product: PartNum0
25 vendor: Manufacturer0
26 physical id: 0
27 serial: SerNum0
28 slot: DIMM0
29 size: 512MiB
30 width: 64 bits
31 clock: 1872MHz (0.5ns)
32
33 This looks like WK's output rather than Dale's more limited version.
34
35 It also doesn't match the spec of the memory when I bought it,
36 which I recorded in my own files as :
37
38 071009 Memory : Kingston 2 x 512 kit DDR2 1150 PC2 9200 : 124.99
39
40 The specs are at (they seem to have dropped the 512 MB version)
41
42 http://www.valueram.com/datasheets/KHX9200D2_1G.pdf
43
44 which seems to confirm my own record.
45
46 The speed was supposedly 1150 MHz , but 'lshw' gives 1872 MHz .
47 Of course, I'm not complaining if it's faster than advertised (smile),
48 but does anyone have any comments re the 2 differences in output ?
49
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Re: [gentoo-user] how accurate is 'lshw' (was memory upgrade) ? Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net>