Type of memory w/o opening case
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 22

Thread: Type of memory w/o opening case

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    90

    Type of memory w/o opening case

    Is there a (lazy) way of finding out what memory (speed etc.) is in a desktop w/o opening the thing ?
    Any easy-to-use software maybe?

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    N. Virginia--Wash DC area
    Posts
    10,685
    SiSoft Sandra has a RAM I.D. app on it , along with a few other useful utilities.
    Desktop: Intel i7 960 CPU @ 4.0GHz, EVGA Classified 4-Way SLI mobo, 12GB Corsair Dominator-GT 2000 DDR3 RAM, Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Solid State Drive, Two WD 2TB SATA drives, 2x EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked graphics cards in SLI, Coolermaster HAF X full tower case, OCZ ZX 1250w PSU, Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
    Laptop: MSI GT60-004US, 2x Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSD Hybrid drives in RAID 0, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, GeForce 670M 3GB graphics card, Networks 'Killer' N-1103 WLAN card

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    90
    bistro - Sandra works fine. It tells me I have 128 MB in Bank 2, and 64 each in Bank 4 and 5. Since I only have two slots and both are filled I assume 64 are on board, 64 is on chip and 128 the other - right ?

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    N. Virginia--Wash DC area
    Posts
    10,685
    Hmmmmm...guess that's the scoop. Just out of curiousity, what motherboard is that? What's it giving you for total RAM?
    Desktop: Intel i7 960 CPU @ 4.0GHz, EVGA Classified 4-Way SLI mobo, 12GB Corsair Dominator-GT 2000 DDR3 RAM, Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Solid State Drive, Two WD 2TB SATA drives, 2x EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked graphics cards in SLI, Coolermaster HAF X full tower case, OCZ ZX 1250w PSU, Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
    Laptop: MSI GT60-004US, 2x Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSD Hybrid drives in RAID 0, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, GeForce 670M 3GB graphics card, Networks 'Killer' N-1103 WLAN card

  5. #5
    DrMDJ is offline Virtual PC Specialist!!!
    Join Date
    Apr 2000
    Location
    NJ, USA
    Posts
    8,428
    That reading seems odd. Banks are numbered starting at 0 (zero). And with DIMMs there are two "logical" banks per physical bank (slot). Also, 64M is an unusual (high) amount to have "onboard". Do you have just DIMMS, or DIMMs and SIMMs? What Sandra display and heading did those numbers come from?

    ------------------
    Bookmark your post to make it easier to find.
    And remember, please post back whether the problem is resolved or not.
    Please remember to post back whether your problem is resolved or
    not, so that others may gain from the knowledge.

  6. #6
    DrMDJ is offline Virtual PC Specialist!!!
    Join Date
    Apr 2000
    Location
    NJ, USA
    Posts
    8,428
    Just saw in another one of your posts here that you have a Biostar M5ATA motherboard. That has 4 SIMM slots and 2 DIMM slots. So you probably have a combination of DIMMs and SIMMs in now based on the Sandra readings. And on that board there is no onboard memory.

    ------------------
    Bookmark your post to make it easier to find.
    And remember, please post back whether the problem is resolved or not.
    Please remember to post back whether your problem is resolved or
    not, so that others may gain from the knowledge.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    N. Virginia--Wash DC area
    Posts
    10,685
    I was wondering...
    Desktop: Intel i7 960 CPU @ 4.0GHz, EVGA Classified 4-Way SLI mobo, 12GB Corsair Dominator-GT 2000 DDR3 RAM, Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Solid State Drive, Two WD 2TB SATA drives, 2x EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked graphics cards in SLI, Coolermaster HAF X full tower case, OCZ ZX 1250w PSU, Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
    Laptop: MSI GT60-004US, 2x Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSD Hybrid drives in RAID 0, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, GeForce 670M 3GB graphics card, Networks 'Killer' N-1103 WLAN card

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    90
    Sorry, I confused you guys. I'm talking about different PC's in these postings.

    The M5ATA MOBO is my home PC, that one has the memory errors in pages 7exx (McAfee says). It has only 1 128MB SDRAM chip.

    The other one is at work, and I actually need to check a bunch of them to see if they qualify for the new SAP GUI. And I hate to open them all up.
    The 'funny' reading came from Sandra under the header 'logical/physical memory'. Startup and MyComputer properties show 256MB on that one.

  9. #9
    DrMDJ is offline Virtual PC Specialist!!!
    Join Date
    Apr 2000
    Location
    NJ, USA
    Posts
    8,428
    Ahh. Sorry for assuming it was the same board.

    Under the current version of Sandra 2001 there is a Motherboard Information module display, and in it is a heading Logical/Chipset Memory Banks. Is that the display you're talking about?

    I still think there is no onboard 64meg.

    ------------------
    Bookmark your post to make it easier to find.
    And remember, please post back whether the problem is resolved or not.

    [This message has been edited by DrMDJ (edited 05-08-2001).]
    Please remember to post back whether your problem is resolved or
    not, so that others may gain from the knowledge.

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    90
    ...and FYI for bistro and DrMDJ (my best helpers) the home PC is the one with the slow startup and date and time reset trouble. (Slow startup = Scanner on/off; date/time = ???)

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    90

    Under the current version of Sandra 2001 there is a Motherboard Information module display, and in it is a heading Logical/Chipset Memory Banks. Is that the display you're talking about?

    Yes - that's the one. I wanted to post a screenshot but couldn't get it done.



  12. #12
    DrMDJ is offline Virtual PC Specialist!!!
    Join Date
    Apr 2000
    Location
    NJ, USA
    Posts
    8,428
    Look a little further down in that same display under Memory Modules. What does it say?

    ------------------
    Bookmark your post to make it easier to find.
    And remember, please post back whether the problem is resolved or not.
    Please remember to post back whether your problem is resolved or
    not, so that others may gain from the knowledge.

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    90
    It doesn't have that section. There is more stuff about all the buses (AGP, PCI...) and the Performance Tips section.


  14. #14
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    N. Virginia--Wash DC area
    Posts
    10,685
    They must have moved that section somewhere else. On this version here, it's right under Logical/Chipset Memory Banks section, titled Memory Modules, as DrMDJ stated. Why those dirty....
    Desktop: Intel i7 960 CPU @ 4.0GHz, EVGA Classified 4-Way SLI mobo, 12GB Corsair Dominator-GT 2000 DDR3 RAM, Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Solid State Drive, Two WD 2TB SATA drives, 2x EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked graphics cards in SLI, Coolermaster HAF X full tower case, OCZ ZX 1250w PSU, Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
    Laptop: MSI GT60-004US, 2x Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSD Hybrid drives in RAID 0, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, GeForce 670M 3GB graphics card, Networks 'Killer' N-1103 WLAN card

  15. #15
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Chicago
    Posts
    90
    I am using version 2001.3.7.50 - for free of course - I couldn't locate the info anywhere else.
    Any other suggestions, or should I prepare for opening some 15 (of course all different) PC's and laptops ?

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •