Memory tools

[Mr_love_monkey]

Hi Guys,

Sorry if this has been covered before - I had a search but can't find anything.

Basically I need a tool that will tell me what type, and how much memory a pc will take.

I had a look at the system scanner from crucial, but that requires internet access, and not all the machines that I need to survey have that....

Suggestions?

I think the said software is called Motherboard manual Sisoft gives you a max amount and type thats in there now ,dunno if everest does.

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I think the said software is called Motherboard manual

And this is called a smack round the head

The company that owns the machines, don't really have anything in the way of an IT policy, and don't seem to believe in keeping manuals... - and their machines seem to have come from where ever they could get them the cheapest

Have a look at the free sisoft sandra And i got a head ache now

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

I think the said software is called Motherboard manual Sisoft gives you a max amount and type thats in there now ,dunno if everest does.

pretty certain that everest does this

[Mr_love_monkey]

Ta guys

[Ramrod]

Why don't you have a look here and see if there is anything that might do the job? There appear to be several utilities there that might be what you need........

[greencreeper]

Type is easy - look at an existing chip. Or am I missing something? As for type, well I think modern PCs are more flexible but in the days of olde you had allsorts of weird requirements, such as no empty slots in a bank.

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by greencreeper

Type is easy - look at an existing chip. Or am I missing something?

I'd just prefer not to be crawling under desks, and so on, if I can do it from an app...

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

I'd just prefer not to be crawling under desks, and so on, if I can do it from an app...

this is the kind of info you get from Everest

Memory Module Properties:
Module Name 88F5HDL0-1UDG
Serial Number None
Module Size 512 MB (2 rows, 4 banks)
Module Type Unbuffered
Memory Type DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed PC3200 (200 MHz)
Module Width 64 bit
Module Voltage SSTL 2.5
Error Detection Method None
Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

Memory Timings:
@ 200 MHz 3.0-3-3-8 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
@ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
@ 133 MHz 2.0-2-2-6 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

Memory Module Features:
Early RAS# Precharge Not Supported
Auto-Precharge Not Supported
Precharge All Not Supported
Write1/Read Burst Not Supported
Buffered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
Registered Address/Control Inputs Not Supported
On-Card PLL (Clock) Not Supported
Buffered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Registered DQMB Inputs Not Supported
Differential Clock Input Supported
Redundant Row Address Not Supported

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by homealone

this is the kind of info you get from Everest

How's climbing up a mountain any better than crawling under a desk

[Odin]

Hi all
Have recently hooked up to internet at home. Had usual scares, worrying about trojans, spyware, adware etc (which one to trust). Anyways think I've got all that sorted. Now fully equiped with norton, Ad-aware, spybot and Zonealarm. All scans now show noprobs, but even when not hooked up to internet my PC is soooooooo slow. Startup takes a good 5 mins (have used msconfig.exe) to minimise files loading from boot. Gone through registry.exe. Have I missed something or what???
Maybe it's just my processor cant hack it anymore (Celeron 500MHz, plus 224Mb RAM). Having gone through the trauma of all the above, am now considerring dwnloading some kind of memory manager such as PC mightymax, PC pitstop or tune-up. But due to my growing paranoia I thought I'd best ask round first.

even deleting a shortcut from my desktop takes about 10 seconds, sometimes!
Help!

you dont say what operating system your using,if its xp with all the apps running you are have shortage of ram,memory managers in my experience will not help,I would advise either more ram or to run win98 se instead of xp

[Odin]

Sorry, was in a rush earlier. I'm actually running windows 98

[Matth]

Everest will also tell you the make/model of the motherboard, and from there, it's a quick visit to Crucial's memory selector - or the motherboard maker's site or a search engine - actually, so far, I think everest's memory slot description has been pretty accurate - most boards seem to have as many slots as it says.

The knottiest problem - though it MAY have gone away with DDR memory, was the module size/bank limit - some systems could not use single sided / high density 256Mb SDRAM DIMMS - the same ones also don't support 512Mb modules, but can run low density / double sided 256Mb and any 128Mb.

Going back further, you can find even worse examples, with bank by bank limits, though that may be pre-Pentium.

I don't suppose that you'll meet anything with SIMMS - not worth updating anyway - though SIMMS just about staggered into the Pentium era, they were obsolete by Pentium 2.