I am a little bit surprised with the following information that I get with dmidecode:
srs@ubuntu:~$ sudo dmidecode -t processor
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.6 present.
Handle 0x0004, DMI type 4, 42 bytes
Processor Information
Socket Designation: LGA1155
Type: Central Processor
Family: <OUT OF SPEC>
Manufacturer: Intel
ID: A7 06 02 00 FF FB EB BF
Version: Int
There are a couple of commands that can find out your machine’s motherboard manufacturer,name and other informations,list CPU ID and serial number,BIOS information.
This command gives your CPU ID:
sudo dmidecode -t 4 | grep ID
To check what RAM memory type yo have installed (and also see other useful information about your system), do a
sudo dmidecode
Hello!
I was going to upgrad my RAM from 4 to 8 GB and for this I wanted to know the RAM type I got. So I got down to using dmidecode but the output says it is Type:Other instead of DDR3 or DDR2.
I use a laptop of GT630M, ubuntu 12.04 64 bits.
Here is my BIOS information:
sam@sam:~$ sudo dmidecode -t bios
# dmidecode 2.11
# SMBIOS entry point at 0x000f04c0
SMBIOS 2.7 present.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: K55VM.202
Release Date: 03/13/2012
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 6
i need to get the Serial Number of my motherboard . i used dmidecode to get the serial number. but obviously i needed only the serial number and not the whole details. so i used grep to get only serial number but the problem is i get 3 occurences of "serial number " and only one of the occurences actually has the serial number with it.
this is the code that i used
Your ALSA information is located at
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=0f...547d9ed692c6fe
bcm@bcm-laptop:~$ sudo dmidecode -t bios
[sudo] password for bcm:
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.4 present.
Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 24 bytes
BIOS Information
Vendor: TOSHIBA
Version: V2.20
Release Date: 10/01/2008
Address: 0xE47B0
Runtime Size: 112720 bytes
ROM Size: 1024 kB
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Just a short Tutorial today. It’s surprising how many people do not know this. To change the hostname under Linux, open a terminal window. Type the following code.
sudo nano /etc/hosts
and change the text to your new hostname. Changes will take effect on Restart.
We got a supermicro server, http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1u/5016/sys-5016i-ur.cfm, according spec, the server supports up to 32G memory when using ECC Register Memory.
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