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Is there any way I can detect how the memory in my computer is distributed short of opening the side of the machine and taking a look? I thought there was a way to do this from the Control Panel, but I don't remember how.

For example, my Dell Inspiron PC running Windows 7 reports that it has 2GB of RAM installed. Do I have one 2GB stick or two 1GB sticks?

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There are several utilities that can provide that information. For instance:

You can also use WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) to find that information without any third-party utilities. Just run the following in a command prompt:

wmic MemoryChip get BankLabel, Capacity, DeviceLocator

You can also run wmic MemoryChip to show everything Windows knows about your memory modules.

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  • So there are ways to do this with third-party software, but nothing prepackaged in Windows to view this sort of information? That seems odd to me, I really thought there was some way to see it in the Device Manager or something. Ah, well.
    – Andrew
    Apr 16, 2012 at 18:02
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    @Andrew Actually there is a way, using WMI. I've edited my answer to provide instructions.
    – Indrek
    Apr 16, 2012 at 18:15
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I have always used the crucial system scanner at http://www.crucial.com/ It can provide for you the configuration and type of RAM you have installed.

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One Windows 8 upwards...

  1. Windows Task Manager
  2. Performance tab
  3. Memory

Will give you easy access to a certain amount of info including what the OP asked for:

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