Re: [SLUG] unusual output from lshw

From: michael hast (evylrobot19@cox.net)
Date: Sat Dec 03 2005 - 01:37:22 EST


> One of the recent commands that I have discovered is lshw. It is used
> to obtain detailed information about all of the hardware in a
> computer. I have been using it on various Linux boxen and this is the
> (abridged) output from one of them:
>
> The processor information says that the FSB is running at 100 MHz. The
> stick of RAM in bank 0 is also running at 100 MHz. However, according
> to lshw the RAM in bank 1 is running at 66 MHz. When I first saw this
> I figured that the incorrect type of RAM was installed. Although when
> I opened up the case, I saw that both sticks were labeled SDRAM PC-100.
>
> I tried switching the position of the sticks but the 128MB stick still
> reports 66 MHz. I also tried running the 128MB stick by itself--same
> result. Finally, I removed the 128MB stick and replaced it with a 64
> MB stick that was also labeled SDRAM PC-100. lshw returned a number
> between 66MHz and 100Mhz (around 90Mhz I think, can't remember
> exactly) for this other stick.
>
> Could this be a bug with lshw or the sign of a problem with the
> hardware? For what it's worth, I have never noticed the computer
> running strangely. I am just curious about the numbers that I am seeing.
>
> -Jonathon
>
>
Hey, Jonathan!

How do you run this command? I would like to play with this here at
home. Thanks.

Michael
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