Is there any way to check which kind of RAM my computer uses without opening it up?

Question

I would like to check which type of RAM my computer uses before I order an upgrade. I'm fairly sure its DDR2 but I would like to double check this.

Is there any way to check this in Windows XP without opening the case up and looking?

• EDIT * The content police seem to have gotten the wrong end of the stick, I was looking for a piece of software or a command that would allow me to check this. I feel that this makes this question perfectly valid for StackOverflow and of interest to other programmers.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Find out the motherboard/chipset from the device manager, google it, know what it takes.

As Greg Hewgill says, you'd need to script that some how (to make this a valid question on SO) - but you'd have to do that part yourself =)

Answer 2

CPU-Z can tell you. On the SPD tab you can view the DIMM specific information

Answer 3

Well I was thinking of a command-line method of doing so. That would make it perfectly valid in my eyes.

Answer 4

CPU-Z Can tell you the type as well as the current clock speed and memory timings.

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php

Answer 5

If it's a standard, vanilla box, then head over to Crucial and use their memory selector tool.