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Memory Question
Hello,
I have a Biostar Motherboard (M7NCD). I am trying to figure what type of memory I have installed. When my computer boots it says memory 266. If I run Aida32, and run a bench mark test it groups my memory with the PC2100 type memory. Belarc Advisor does not give accurate information either. Is there some other way to get the answer I need? The company that built my system went out of business. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you |
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Run AIDA32 and click on "SPD" under "Motherboard", if
that's not what you're already doing. That'll tell you true. (BTW, PC2100 and 266 MHz DDR memory are the same thing.) -- Bob Day "Dan Rather" wrote in message ... Hello, I have a Biostar Motherboard (M7NCD). I am trying to figure what type of memory I have installed. When my computer boots it says memory 266. If I run Aida32, and run a bench mark test it groups my memory with the PC2100 type memory. Belarc Advisor does not give accurate information either. Is there some other way to get the answer I need? The company that built my system went out of business. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you |
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"Dan Rather" wrote
in : Hello, I have a Biostar Motherboard (M7NCD). I am trying to figure what type of memory I have installed. When my computer boots it says memory 266. If I run Aida32, and run a bench mark test it groups my memory with the PC2100 type memory. Belarc Advisor does not give accurate information either. Is there some other way to get the answer I need? The company that built my system went out of business. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you PC-1600 = 100 MHz FSB = DDR200 = 1.6 gigabytes/sec PC-2100 = 133 MHz FSB = DDR266 = 2.1 GB/s PC-2700 = 166 MHz FSB = DDR333 = 2.7 GB/s PC-3200 = 200 MHz FSB = DDR400 = 3.2 GB/s PC-3500 = 233 MHz FSB = DDR466 = 3.5 GB/s As you can see, the PC-xxxx moniker is derived from the effective data rate (at its qualified clock speed). PC-xxxx has a data rate of xxxx MB/s. The DDRxxx moniker is misleading; its *external* clock rate is half of xxx. It can get confusing. The older non-DDR SDRAM DIMMs were called PC-100 and PC-133 which referred to the FSB and not their maximum data rate. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
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Thanks for your help! I guess from what you are telling me I have
PC2100 memory. I tried using Aida and selected the SPD option under motherboard and the screen is blank, no information is displayed. Thank you again. On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 18:18:51 GMT, "*Vanguard*" wrote: "Dan Rather" wrote in : Hello, I have a Biostar Motherboard (M7NCD). I am trying to figure what type of memory I have installed. When my computer boots it says memory 266. If I run Aida32, and run a bench mark test it groups my memory with the PC2100 type memory. Belarc Advisor does not give accurate information either. Is there some other way to get the answer I need? The company that built my system went out of business. Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you PC-1600 = 100 MHz FSB = DDR200 = 1.6 gigabytes/sec PC-2100 = 133 MHz FSB = DDR266 = 2.1 GB/s PC-2700 = 166 MHz FSB = DDR333 = 2.7 GB/s PC-3200 = 200 MHz FSB = DDR400 = 3.2 GB/s PC-3500 = 233 MHz FSB = DDR466 = 3.5 GB/s As you can see, the PC-xxxx moniker is derived from the effective data rate (at its qualified clock speed). PC-xxxx has a data rate of xxxx MB/s. The DDRxxx moniker is misleading; its *external* clock rate is half of xxx. It can get confusing. The older non-DDR SDRAM DIMMs were called PC-100 and PC-133 which referred to the FSB and not their maximum data rate. |
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Dan Rather wrote:
Thanks for your help! I guess from what you are telling me I have PC2100 memory. I tried using Aida and selected the SPD option under motherboard and the screen is blank, no information is displayed. Thank you again. You get that sometimes with Aida32, I think it means the modules themselves don't have an SPD (Serial Presence Detect) chip on them or it is one that Aida can't read. Try CPU-Z, it's a good little proggy. -- ~misfit~ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 5/12/2003 |
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Thanks Misfit,
It was able to detect my memory! I have Melco DDR-SDRAM 2700. Thank you for everyones help. This is a really good newsgroup! On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 14:09:32 +1300, "~misfit~" wrote: CPU-Z |
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Dan Rather wrote:
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 14:09:32 +1300, "~misfit~" wrote: CPU-Z Thanks Misfit, It was able to detect my memory! I have Melco DDR-SDRAM 2700. Thank you for everyones help. This is a really good newsgroup! Cool. Pleased to be of help. There are some good diagnostic proggies out there and I'm grateful to the people who pointed me in the right direction. -- ~misfit~ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 5/12/2003 |
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