System Admin - Hardware

Determining a 32 vs. a 64 bit kernel

See System Admin/nix#32vs64bitkernel

Memory (RAM)

Failing RAM is really rather painful and sometimes difficult to detect / diagnose. If a system (particularly a new one) starts to misbehave at high loads a memory test would be a good idea.

Here's a couple of tools which I have found useful for diagnosing system memory:

Video Card

Becnhmark/Testing tools:

BradsWiki: System Admin/Hardware (last edited 2010-10-22 00:02:10 by BradleyDean)