How Can I Validate Ram

Hi, I am in a bit of a predicament here I bought 2 sticks of Ram 1 x 512mb and 1 x 256mb on ebay.
It was listed as Kingston and came in a original Kingston Box (Kingston Value Ram) the 512 has a Kingston Sticker on it "Kingston KVR400X64C3AK2/1G" But the modules on it have "hynix" marked on it.
I always believed that Kingston Ram would have Kingston marked on the module apart from the sticker and hynix is generic ram. The 256 mb stick is marked as ARIA.
Anyone able to clarify that for me I would appreciate it.
hawk22

 

Hynix is the second largest memory manufacturer in the world (formerly or may still be Hyundai owned). They also manufacture for branded suppliers. Samsung is another biggie in this arena. I believe some of my old OCZ PC150 SDRAM was manufactured using Hynix chips.

 

these softwares detect your physical memory informations :

Sandra.Pro
PC Wizard (2008 or later if there is)


i personally use Hiren's.bootcd.9.5 ( contain pc wizqard 2008 )

this program will also check your phusical memory for any fault : memtest86 . it's free & just need to be download & write on a blank cd , here

 

thanks guy's I did hope that I would have been able to identify it visually, but never mind I will stick it into a PC and check it that way.
thanks for the tips in Diagnostic software.
hawk22

 

The problem with doing a visual check is that you can make a lot of things look like other things. So I can take a stick of Kingston Value Ram and put OCZ heat suppressors on it and say it runs at DDR2 speeds on a DDR DIMM. The only true way to know what it is is to get the information strait off the stick it's self.

 

I'm not trying to be too critical here but I'd beg to differ. And, the way I read your first sentence, (The problem with doing a visual check is that you can make a lot of things look like other things.), it appears that you do too.

I've got a couple of boxes of assorted odds and ends memory sticks that I'd pay anybody good money to tell what they are from any information that can be deciphered off the stick itself.

Several good software solutions have been provided in this thread and I'll add Everest 2.20 (last free edition) to that mix.

 

My Post: SP 1

Oh, no you misunderstood me. Not what you read off the stick, what info the stick gives the software. That's what I was trying to say. So plug the RAM into a testing object (weather with a PC or a standalone) and gather the info that it puts out. It may not always come out in a way that you understand it, but for the most part it will work. Some sticks will give a hex out put, on things like CPUZ. Not saying that CPUZ is at fault, but other programs will discard that kind of out put and display that there is no info. So I should have said that "The only true way to know what it is is to get the information off the stick with a software or a hardware testing module." (Sorry I don't know what it's called)

 

Hi, I just thought to let you know (Rockster) that I did use the very good little App. CPUID thanks Arie to determine the maker of that Ram and it is Kingston.
Apart from the Sticker (Warranty Void If Removed) there was no markings of Kingston only the Hynix brand on the chips.
I did send a email to Kingston for help to identify the Ram but no reply.
thanks again
hawk22