Determining what Type of Ram is Installed.

**BreezyCricket** · 15th January 2004

There are many Programs which can be used to determine the ^amount^ of Ram installed, but would anyone know of a Program which will tell me what ^Type^ of Ram is installed in my PC?

Many Thanks.

**PeteC** · 15th January 2004

Backdoor approach ....

Log onto www.crucial.com and go through their memory selector - you will need mobo make and type. If you don't know this Aida32 will give you that info.

Crucial memory selector will at least tell you which RAM is compatible with your mobo - usually

**BreezyCricket** · 16th January 2004

Hi Pete:

Thank you for the info.

Unfortunately, unless I am mistaken, AIDA32 only gives the quantity, not the type.

As to what is compatible, I may buy something which is compatible but does not match what is already installed. eg If I have DDR 2700 installed, I would like to purchase something similar.

Daddad · 16th January 2004

Either one of these should furnish all the info you need:

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

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

Daddad

**BreezyCricket** · 16th January 2004

Thanks Old Man - Oops Sorry, I mean Dad: (Reminds me of home)

Once again, unless I am mistaken, or have somehow managed to get the wrong file, this does not give the information I require.

I see the RAM in your PC is - 1024 Meg PC2700 DDR

If I had similar equipment, which I could never afford, what I would be interested in determining is the "PC2700" part of this equation.

Thank you again.

Daddad · 16th January 2004

On my machine, both of the above utilities provide the Manufacturer and what speed of DDR it is.
PC2100, PC2700, PC3200 etc.
It should be there.
Incidentily, I have two sticks of 512 Megs each.
Each is PC2700 but different manufacturers.
Crucial and Kingston.
Runs great

Daddad

**mattman** · 16th January 2004

My SiSoft Sandra reports this:

SiSoftware Sandra

Physical/BIOS Memory Banks
DIMM1 (RASL-1 RASL-0) : 512MB DIMM SDRAM double-bank
DIMM2 : Empty
DIMM3 : Empty

Logical/Chipset Memory Banks
Bank 0 Setting : 256MB DDR-SDRAM 7-1-1-1R 4-1-1-1W 2.0-3-3CL 2CMD
Bank 1 Setting : 256MB DDR-SDRAM 7-1-1-1R 4-1-1-1W 2.0-3-3CL 2CMD
Bank Interleave : 4-way
Speed : 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
Multiplier : 1/1x
Power Down Mode : No
Fixed Hole Present : No

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module 1 : Kingston 63361C81 512MB 16x(32Mx8) DDR-SDRAM PC2700U-2533-700 (CL2.5 upto 167MHz) (CL2 upto 133MHz)

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I have Sandra Pro, not sure it will report all that in the free version and the amount of information may depend on your system:

http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html...86&langx=en&a=

Matt

**noahdfear** · 17th January 2004

I think AIDA32, under motherboard>SPD, will tell you; make, model, type, serial number, size, speed, etc.

**BreezyCricket** · 17th January 2004

To Noah:

Thank you for the info, this does give the information I require. I don't know how I missed this section, but I must apologize to Pete, who originally suggested AIDA32.

For Dad, I still don't find it in ^Your^ program but, regardless, the programs you suggested are excellent and I certainly must thank you for drawing my attention to them.

Many Thanks to all.