4:04 p.m.
Here's a good one for the panel. Imagine you have a box full of mixed
RAM. By mixed I mean from PC66 to PC 100, PC133 and beyond possibly
with PC 2700 thrown in for good measure. None of it is labelled apart
from the cryptic codes that are stamped onto the memory itself.
So, here's the question. Is there any way of identifying what is
what? Bearing in mind that some memory is suited to a particular
voltage while other memory requires another voltage. Obviously the
solution should be cheap and better still free. I know that I can buy
a small device that will accept all types of memory and test it giving
a full read out of what it is. They cost upwards of £1,000 :-( Can
I do this with OSS and PC? Memtest doesn't do it by the way, not
enough information.
Dick is excused from using his tremendous brain power on this one as
we have gone over it in the past....unless he knows more now than
before :-)
Ideas are greatly welcomed for this problem.
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5:09 p.m.
On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a good one for the panel. Imagine you have a box full of mixed
RAM. By mixed I mean from PC66 to PC 100, PC133 and beyond possibly
with PC 2700 thrown in for good measure. None of it is labelled apart
from the cryptic codes that are stamped onto the memory itself.
Get your wallet out: http://www.pctestpro.com/memory.htm
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6:34 p.m.
No no no no...
...free tool for windows called CPUz runs in Linux under wine. Try that :)
http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-140.zip
On 16/08/07, ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a good one for the panel. Imagine you have a box full of mixed
> RAM. By mixed I mean from PC66 to PC 100, PC133 and beyond possibly
> with PC 2700 thrown in for good measure. None of it is labelled apart
> from the cryptic codes that are stamped onto the memory itself.
Get your wallet out: http://www.pctestpro.com/memory.htm
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9 p.m.
On 16/08/07, ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's a good one for the panel. Imagine you have a box full of mixed
> RAM. By mixed I mean from PC66 to PC 100, PC133 and beyond possibly
> with PC 2700 thrown in for good measure. None of it is labelled apart
> from the cryptic codes that are stamped onto the memory itself.
Get your wallet out: http://www.pctestpro.com/memory.htm
That's the one we found before, remember? About 12 or so months ago
they advertised in one of the trade magazines you get. Expensive
ain't the word :-0
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9:04 p.m.
On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 16/08/07, ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
> On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Here's a good one for the panel. Imagine you have a box full of mixed
> > RAM. By mixed I mean from PC66 to PC 100, PC133 and beyond possibly
> > with PC 2700 thrown in for good measure. None of it is labelled apart
> > from the cryptic codes that are stamped onto the memory itself.
>
> Get your wallet out: http://www.pctestpro.com/memory.htm
>
That's the one we found before, remember? About 12 or so months ago
they advertised in one of the trade magazines you get. Expensive
ain't the word :-0
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Heh, still, cpuz will tell you everything about your ram.
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9:36 p.m.
On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 16/08/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Heh, still, cpuz will tell you everything about your ram.
>
>
I shall give it a go :-) Cheers Kris.
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11:10 p.m.
It might sound strange but why not just pick up a few cheap motherboards and
the cpu's that work in them. you wouldnt need a hdd or a case. I'm sure
there are software memory testers out there for linux you could include one
on some kind of live-cd I think it would work out a lot cheaper than buying
one of those tester things.
On 8/16/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 16/08/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > Heh, still, cpuz will tell you everything about your ram.
> >
> >
>
> I shall give it a go :-) Cheers Kris.
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12:56 a.m.
Why would you want to do that? He only wants to know about the specs of the
ram, not whether a sector has a damaged thingy ma bob...
On 16/08/07, Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It might sound strange but why not just pick up a few cheap motherboards
and the cpu's that work in them. you wouldnt need a hdd or a case. I'm sure
there are software memory testers out there for linux you could include one
on some kind of live-cd I think it would work out a lot cheaper than buying
one of those tester things.
On 8/16/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> > On 16/08/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> >
> > >
> > > Heh, still, cpuz will tell you everything about your ram.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I shall give it a go :-) Cheers Kris.
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2:38 a.m.
ah right I think I must have gotten the wrong end of the stick
On 8/17/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Why would you want to do that? He only wants to know about the specs of
the ram, not whether a sector has a damaged thingy ma bob...
On 16/08/07, Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It might sound strange but why not just pick up a few cheap motherboards
> and the cpu's that work in them. you wouldnt need a hdd or a case. I'm sure
> there are software memory testers out there for linux you could include one
> on some kind of live-cd I think it would work out a lot cheaper than buying
> one of those tester things.
>
> On 8/16/07, Kris Douglas < webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 16/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > On 16/08/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Heh, still, cpuz will tell you everything about your ram.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > I shall give it a go :-) Cheers Kris.
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8:56 a.m.
On 17/08/07, Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com> wrote:
ah right I think I must have gotten the wrong end of the stick
So long as its not the shitty end ;-)
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9:16 a.m.
On 16/08/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Heh, still, cpuz will tell you everything about your ram.
Kris, I'm intrigued, I can understand that in theory cpuz will give you for
arguments sake the 'properties' of said memory how do you go on for physical
differences? e.g. edo, dim, sim, sdram, ddr etc
I think that's what Jonothon was driving at when he said about cheapo
motherboards, what Kevan needs (and me too) is some sort of box with a slot
that accepts any memory that possibly uses cpuz and will say "Ah this is edo
8MB blah blah blah. You need something that will 'fire up' the memory before
you can run any sort of software solution to ascertain what size herzt ect
it is.
I had a full head of hair before Kevan hit me with this one a year or so ago
now look at me :-(
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packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a snapshot to the
stable packages at that time. So there's no need for a fresh install the
command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system.
12:01 p.m.
On 17/08/07, ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
I had a full head of hair before Kevan hit me with this one a year or
so ago
now look at me :-(
This is true... he also ran about chasing young girls and now that's
been knocked on the head too ;-)
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1:57 p.m.
I see, this has developed into a totally new stick....probably including
crap.
On 17/08/07, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 17/08/07, ArchLinuxUser dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
> I had a full head of hair before Kevan hit me with this one a year or so
ago
> now look at me :-(
>
This is true... he also ran about chasing young girls and now that's
been knocked on the head too ;-)
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