How Does My PC Know What Kind of RAM is Installed?

There are so many things a modern computer does we simply take for granted, but sometimes it is fun to peek under the hood and see how everything works. Today we’re investigating how exactly your computer knows what kind and amount of RAM you have installed.

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.

by Jason Fitzpatrick via How-To Geek