Archive for March 2012

Finding hardware info on linux

  • How to find motherboard make and model
    • dmidecode -t baseboard
  • How to find CPU details
    • dmidecode -t processor
    • cat /proc/cpuinfo
  • Memory
    • free –  will show current memory ussage including total amount of memory installed
    • dmidecode -t memory –  for more detail on each dimm
    • decode-dimms – http://www.richud.com/wiki/Ubuntu_See_Live_RAM_Timings_Decode_DIMMS