Is there any way to determine the amount(in megabytes) of memory just by viewing the stick? I know you can tell what type of memory, but I need to figure out how much memory it is. I don't have a pc that can put this type of memory into to check. If it helps the stick of memory i have is 72-pin simm edo.
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i know that's the easiest way to determine the memory, but i don't have a pc that will run the edo. About a year ago I worked on a pc with edo memory. I added more memory and have these two sticks of edo left over. I wanted to sell this memory but obviously i need to figure out how much it is before i set a price. it's either 8mb or 16mb, but i can't tell. thanks anyway.
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seems like more and more of the memory vendors are at least putting a small sticker on the stick that tells you a fair amount. For instance I'm looking at a stick of SDRAM and the sticker says PC-100 - Q-8sd64.
Of course it's PC100-(100 mhz.)- in this case it has 8 chipsets on the stick (That would be my guess) - and it is 64 meg.
here's another- A kingston - number -KTM66X64X64
In this case it tells us 66 mhz - 64 meg.
The numbers on the chips themselves don't always follow any rhyme or reason it would seem.
Of course it's PC100-(100 mhz.)- in this case it has 8 chipsets on the stick (That would be my guess) - and it is 64 meg.
here's another- A kingston - number -KTM66X64X64
In this case it tells us 66 mhz - 64 meg.
The numbers on the chips themselves don't always follow any rhyme or reason it would seem.
It is almost impossible to tell just by counting the memory modules on EDO. I've still got 4 sticks from an older system - one set is 8MB and the other is 64MB. On the 8MB stick, there are 4 modules (so each are 2 MB in size). On the 64MB stick, there are 8 modules (each being 8MB).
Do you see any numbers written on the 72-pin EDO stick? It would look something like this:
4 x 36-60
-- The first number value represents 1/4th of the total memory size. In this example, it would be a 16MB stick of EDO (4 x 4).
-- The second value indicates parity. 36 means with parity and 32 means without.
-- The third and final number indicates speed in nanoseconds (usually 60 or 70 with the lower number being faster)
~cdogg
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Do you see any numbers written on the 72-pin EDO stick? It would look something like this:
4 x 36-60
-- The first number value represents 1/4th of the total memory size. In this example, it would be a 16MB stick of EDO (4 x 4).
-- The second value indicates parity. 36 means with parity and 32 means without.
-- The third and final number indicates speed in nanoseconds (usually 60 or 70 with the lower number being faster)
~cdogg
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein
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