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horrorific   12-18-2008 at 08:05:46 PM

I use slax usb to boot my system, how do I check my system's hardware (ram, cpu, ect.)?

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audiovoodoo   12-18-2008 at 08:26:58 PM
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To test RAM you would use MEMTEST86, from memory you get a boot option when you start slax where you can select that option, most modern distros do. In terms of checking your CPU what do you want? I'm guessing some form of stress testing to ensure it's working OK.

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horrorific   12-18-2008 at 09:04:02 PM
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I'm buying new ram and looking at buying a new cpu (not sure yet), but don't know what I currently have (or how much). Because I'm still waiting for my replacement HD to arrive, I can't check normally (through windows). I tried using cpuz but realized that linux doesn't run executable files.

What I need is to find out how much ram my system currently has and what the cpu clock speed is...but have no idea how to check either in linux.

p.s. thanks for the memtest suggestion, I got all the info I needed about my ram, and then some :)


Message edited by horrorific on 12-18-2008 at 09:04:56 PM
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Bronze Linux badge linux_0   12-19-2008 at 02:00:37 AM
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Boot linux open a terminal and run

Code :
  1. cat /proc/cpuinfo
  3. cat /proc/meminfo
  5. lspci



Good Luck :)

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horrorific   12-19-2008 at 08:36:04 AM
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Thanks for the help, thats everything I needed

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