Need to know what Mem I have

[Bioform69]

I have a few older computers I got in auction along with various components. They stripped the cases and separated the components, BUT did not itemize them so I have a load of memory but no way to identify them (type no prob. SDRAM, DDR ect.)Is there a web site or program that I can identify the mem by chipset? Any help as soon as possible is appreciated. I am donating these to my church daycare and they open in 5 days. Thanks again in advance!

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[Coyote]

Hmm.. could be a tough job. Try this site, hope it helps <A HREF="http://home.pacbell.net/dbk4297/memory_what_kind.html" target="_new">http://home.pacbell.net/dbk4297/memory_what_kind.html</A>

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[Mr5oh]

PCWizard works pretty good for detecting memory types, not sure how it will work with really old stuff though, but worth a try.

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[Crashman]

OK, with older RAM it's usually fairly easy to figure out the speed because they usually have the nanoseconds cycle time marked on them:

12=12ns, PC66
10=10ns, sometimes it's PC100 but usually PC66
8=8ns, PC100
7.5=7.5ns, PC133
7=7ns, PC133.

If you find stickers with words like 4m x32, that's 4megabit times 32 (divide by 8 to get megabytes) 4x4=16MB.

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[Bioform69]

Thanks guys. It was worth a shot. I know the different types of Mem. And if they were still in the right computer, I can easily find out what they are. (by that very program or another). But, I am afraid to place them in a computer when I do not know the cycle speed. Do not want to damage the memory or the board. None of them have stickers just the serials on the chips. Oh well thanks anyway!

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[doczenith1]

Download ctSPD from <A HREF="http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/ctspd.shtml" target="_new">http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/ctspd.shtml</A> to get stats on older SDRAM. It will tell you the PCxx rating at the latencys at each mhz. speed as well as the capacity of each stick. This is assuming that you have a working machine that you can test each stick of ram in.

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[sparky853]

If you've read the posts, he said that he wants to identify the RAM by serial #, etc, not by putting it in a computer, as he doesn't know what kind he has.


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