Need Ram Brand/Spec Identifier utility

MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
edited October 2006 in Science & Tech
I want to buy my friend more Ram for his computer but he's a total novice and too far for me to travel. I figure if I had a small footprint utility/.exe that did nothing but list the Ram brand/specs, I could e-mail it to him and he'd tell me what he has so I can get more for him. It would be a great tool to have for doing quick upgrades on machines without going into BIOS, manuals etc.

I believe there was a utility from Germany that was on the old Icrontic site(?)

Anybody know where to point me?

TIA

Comments

  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    It's really not that hard to pop off a side panel and (while powered down, of course) slip the stick of RAM out - might not even need to, should be able to see most identifying stickers/markings without taking it out of the DIMM slot even.

    AFAIK there is no such utility. I'm afraid he's going to have to get his hands dirty. Get him his first baby steps on the way to "enthusiast". :D
  • maggie99635maggie99635 Alaska
    edited December 2003
    I used to use this one http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/ctspd.shtml It is only good for PC66 -, Pc100 and/or PC133
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited December 2003
    maggie99635 had this to say
    I used to use this one http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/ctspd.shtml It is only good for PC66 -, Pc100 and/or PC133
    Thanks, Maggie! I'm not the one who asked, but I have a 256MB stick of unknown PC133 that tests bad. Maybe I'll get lucky and it'll be one of those lifetime warranty fellas.

    I'm putting together a comp for one of my nephews and 256MB of extra ram wouldn't be bad at all.
    :wave:
  • maggie99635maggie99635 Alaska
    edited December 2003
    Your welcome Profdlp. I used it because I ordered cas 2 ram and couldn't get it to run with my other two sticks of cas 2 . Got a refund from the guy. It worked well, gave me way more information than I needed.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited December 2003
    maggie99635

    Thanks!
    Yeah that's the one I was referring to. It was a biggie in ye old Icrontic days. I guess a RAM Identifier needs more to it than a CPU identifier in that I have 2 CPU ID .exe's that require no install.

    I'd like something simpler since my friend will not be thrilled about installing a prog. But I wonder if such a thing exists? I may e-mail crucial.com tech support on this one.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited December 2003
    CPU-Z 1.20 had a tab that shows what the ram's speed cas and manufacturer is (if the manf. info is in the SPD module) and it doesn't require it to be installed, just dl'ed and unzipped.
  • maggie99635maggie99635 Alaska
    edited December 2003
    Brings back memories. Between Paul's Faqs and Icrontic I got my Abit KT7A-Raid built.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited December 2003
    madmat!

    You da man :thumbsup: Not only is it a great tiny footprint app, it's totally current (v1.20a 11/03/2003) It's going into my toolbox.:respect:
    Brings back memories. Between Paul's Faqs and Icrontic I got my Abit KT7A-Raid built.

    maggie99635:
    Paul's and original Icrontic was where I cut my teeth and built my first computer (and many since). Like friends from high school, there are some memories you never forget. Ah youth!
    (melancholy tears)
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited December 2003
    CPU-Z lists my ram TOTALLY incorrectly though. it says its running on a 5:4 divider, and it says its pc3200 and not pc3500 ... so yeah
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited December 2003
    Baron:
    Understood. I don't venture in profesionally troublshooting past 9.x boxes for now (and yes there is plenty of work out there). This app looks very good for that. But I'm not sure if I see an iconsitancy as one stick is reported as PC 125 (or was there such a thing? I can't remember now) but all other numbers are close enough for what I need.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    Well, SPD can be base, not what it CAN do when OC'd, and PC3500 IS OC'd PC3200 usually and can give a PC3200 result when BIOS is set to SPD and those are the BASE figures the RAM\chipset\BIOS agree on. Essentially SPD used can be negotiated between BIOS, the chips that control RAM, and the sticks. So, a software result can be wrong that way. But, it is likely to be safe for what the RAM will run at.

    Merrick: PC125 can be OC'd PC100 or PC133 running with PC100 sticks and running UNDERCLOCKED. Lessee, one OC'd PC100 with two PC133 sticks would do that, one PC133 and one very good PC100 together can do that. BIOS tries to average speeds in memory bank, you might get that result with two different speeds in same bank.

    Ideally, you test sticks one by one, and bench one by one. If you did, cheap PC133 might be stick that is unable for whatever reason to actually RUN at PC133 due to module (read IC chip, many on stick, typically in increments of 8-9 (ninth would be for EEC checksum bit)) speed diffs on stick. Thus, reading of effective or some mfr set the RAM to speed the actual slowest module on stick DID run at. Yes, seen all those things happen. Good way to tell somone who used maginal modules on sticks, bought culls in bulk and made them work, or bought real good modules and made them PC100 nominals.

    Crucial tech support can get you to tech docs with all the numbers you want, from IDing the module\ic codes on chips, if Micron Tech branded chips (MT brand on chips).

    John.
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited December 2003
    I use SiSoft Sandra to list my RAM specs and other mobo information. It's always been accurate for me.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited December 2003
    Thanks for the clarification ageek! The RAM on this machine is infact two different brands of cas 3 SDRAM PC 100 128MB bought from two different companies about two years apart. My friend only has a single stick of 64MB so the ID should be easy enough. I'd bet it's cas 3 PC 100 SDRAM. I'll bump him up to Crucial cas2 256MB PC 100 SDRAM (I'm prety sure his machine isn't PC 133). Won't I look impressive hehe.

    The nice thing about CPU-Z is the ability to have a novice user in the field run it without me needing to physically be there except to install thus requiring one trip instead of two.

    Gargoyle
    I like SiSoft myself really useful.
  • reboskyz24reboskyz24
    edited October 2006
    Go to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and download CPU-Z. This utility has a tab for Memory which will show latency, etc. and another tab SPD, that will identify amount, type (PC133/PC2700 etc.) and any other info you will need to recommed RAM for his system.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    reboskyz24 wrote:
    Go to http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php and download CPU-Z. This utility has a tab for Memory which will show latency, etc. and another tab SPD, that will identify amount, type (PC133/PC2700 etc.) and any other info you will need to recommed RAM for his system.

    This thread is over THREE YEARS OLD. Do you really think the person is still going to be looking for a program to do that? (they'd already found one anyway). Not to mention the previous poster said to use CPU-Z anyway.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited October 2006
    Enverex, what's the harm in someone trying to be helpful? There's no need to point out what is really just a small oversight on their part. :wave:
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    profdlp wrote:
    Enverex, what's the harm in someone trying to be helpful? There's no need to point out what is really just a small oversight on their part. :wave:

    I could find a thread I saw the other day where multiple people, including Prime jumped on someone for doing exactly the same thing.

    The harm is it's a dead thread for one and the suggestion was something which was suggested in the post prior which shows the poster not only didn't check when the thread was made, but also didn't actually read the thread itself.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited October 2006
    Enverex, if you have any further questions, please direct them to me via PM. I am not going to argue with you publicly and allow you turn turn a trivial matter into a federal case.

    Got it?
  • Sledgehammer70Sledgehammer70 California Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    I am sure this thread was found on Google, or a search engine... thanks for the heads up and remention of CPUZ reboskyz24.
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