Saturday, March 7, 2009

How can I find information on the maximum amount of memory my system can handle?

The dmidecode command can be used to display information from the systems' BIOS that includes the maximum memory that the BIOS will support. This information is displayed by dmidecode as type 16 (Physical Memory Array) which can be filtered with the command dmidecode -t 16.

For instance, the following output shows a system that can support a maximum of 16GB of RAM.

Handle 0x0032, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
Location: System Board Or Motherboard
Use: System Memory
Error Correction Type: None
Maximum Capacity: 16 GB
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Number Of Devices: 4

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