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Software showing memory brand?
- Thread starter maxleo
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To my knowledge, no. There are programs that will test it and give you output on the speed rating and various optimum settings.
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you can get Sisoft Sandra to identify your memory brand- it reads the info of the RAM's SPD chip.
Sometimes for some reason Sandra can't read certain chips, and on those I use CTSPD. This program always works.
As long as your RAM has a SPD module, CTSPD will be able to read it and tell you who made it, and some other cool stuff too. Really cheapo RAM has no SPD-ROM at all, and so don't work, but that's pretty rare nowadays.
Sometimes for some reason Sandra can't read certain chips, and on those I use CTSPD. This program always works.
As long as your RAM has a SPD module, CTSPD will be able to read it and tell you who made it, and some other cool stuff too. Really cheapo RAM has no SPD-ROM at all, and so don't work, but that's pretty rare nowadays.
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Shows you what I know.
But all the better for you.
But all the better for you.
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Thank you a lot.
Meanwhile i just opened my stuff - I am sooooooo lazy....
Anyway i tried this interesting CTSPD, but complains already when starting 'my memory is wrong'. Maybe has to do with my VMWARE where my windows is 'in quarantaine'; maybe because my board P4S333 is not in the listbox means not supported of the tool.
But looks like I have 'winbond' W942508AH-6,
("My name is Bond, Win Bond")
I coult set it to 2 2 3 7 1 no idea if this is good; with 2 2 3 6 1 and 2 2 2 7 1 booting stopped. What is strange my sandra memory-benchmark is not better than with standard bios settings '2.5 4 4 7 auto'.
greetings max
Meanwhile i just opened my stuff - I am sooooooo lazy....
Anyway i tried this interesting CTSPD, but complains already when starting 'my memory is wrong'. Maybe has to do with my VMWARE where my windows is 'in quarantaine'; maybe because my board P4S333 is not in the listbox means not supported of the tool.
But looks like I have 'winbond' W942508AH-6,
("My name is Bond, Win Bond")
I coult set it to 2 2 3 7 1 no idea if this is good; with 2 2 3 6 1 and 2 2 2 7 1 booting stopped. What is strange my sandra memory-benchmark is not better than with standard bios settings '2.5 4 4 7 auto'.
greetings max
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You can also find this information in MotherBoardMonitor5. On the General page choose "System Info" and then click on the little chip icon. Gives a pretty good run down. I just found this today. Turns out I have a bad bank "0". Checksum comes back as "Faulty." Tested the memory in the other two slots to ensure it wasn't the memory, also used a different stick. Only get the Faulty error in bank 0. Brand new ST6 too.......
Brand new ST6 too.......
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Sandra is pretty good at analysing your memory chips (As mentioned!) MBM will do the same, or you can try using the info actually printed on the chips themselves.......
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