RAM question

[EricT]

OK, this is kind of a last minute question but here goes.

 

I'm buying some additional RAM tommorow. Money isn't really an object just suggest what kind of RAM I should choose so that it would be compactible with mine PC. BTW I copied yhis right out of EVEREST.

 

--------[ CPU ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CPU Properties:

CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (21 x 133)

CPU Alias Northwood, A80532

CPU Stepping D1

Instruction Set x86, MMX, SSE, SSE2

Original Clock 2800 MHz

Min / Max CPU Multiplier 21x / 21x

Engineering Sample No

L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions

L1 Data Cache 8 KB

L2 Cache 512 KB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

 

CPU Physical Info:

Package Type 478 Pin uPGA

Package Size 3.50 cm x 3.50 cm

Transistors 55 million

Process Technology 6M, 0.13 um, CMOS, Cu, Low-K

Die Size 131 mm2

Core Voltage 1.475 - 1.55 V

I/O Voltage 1.475 - 1.55 V

Typical Power 38.7 - 89.0 W (depending on clock speed)

Maximum Power 49 - 109 W (depending on clock speed)

 

CPU Manufacturer:

Company Name Intel Corporation

Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/processor.htm

 

CPU Utilization:

CPU #1 2 %

 

 

--------[ CPUID ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CPUID Properties:

CPUID Manufacturer GenuineIntel

CPUID CPU Name Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.80GHz

CPUID Revision 00000F29h

IA Brand ID 09h (Intel Pentium 4A)

Platform ID 0Fh (Socket 478)

IA CPU Serial Number Unknown

Microcode Update Revision 21

HTT / CMP Units 0 / 0

 

Instruction Set:

64-bit x86 Extension (AMD64, EM64T) Not Supported

Alternate Instruction Set Not Supported

AMD 3DNow! Not Supported

AMD 3DNow! Professional Not Supported

AMD Enhanced 3DNow! Not Supported

AMD Extended MMX Not Supported

Cyrix Extended MMX Not Supported

IA-64 Not Supported

IA MMX Supported

IA SSE Supported

IA SSE 2 Supported

IA SSE 3 Not Supported

CLFLUSH Instruction Supported

CMPXCHG8B Instruction Supported

CMPXCHG16B Instruction Not Supported

Conditional Move Instruction Supported

FEMMS Instruction Not Supported

MONITOR / MWAIT Instruction Not Supported

RDTSCP Instruction Not Supported

SYSCALL / SYSRET Instruction Not Supported

SYSENTER / SYSEXIT Instruction Supported

 

Security Features:

Advanced Cryptography Engine (ACE) Not Supported

Data Execution Prevention (DEP, NX, EDB) Not Supported

Hardware Random Number Generator (RNG) Not Supported

Montgomery Multiplier & Hash Engine Not Supported

Processor Serial Number (PSN) Not Supported

 

Power Management Features:

Automatic Clock Control Supported

Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Not Supported

Enhanced SpeedStep Technology (EIST, ESS) Not Supported

Frequency ID Control Not Supported

LongRun Not Supported

LongRun Table Interface Not Supported

PowerSaver 1.0 Not Supported

PowerSaver 2.0 Not Supported

PowerSaver 3.0 Not Supported

Processor Duty Cycle Control Supported

Software Thermal Control Not Supported

Temperature Sensing Diode Not Supported

Thermal Monitor 1 Supported

Thermal Monitor 2 Not Supported

Thermal Monitoring Not Supported

Thermal Trip Not Supported

Voltage ID Control Not Supported

 

CPUID Features:

36-bit Page Size Extension Supported

CPL Qualified Debug Store Not Supported

Debug Trace Store Supported

Debugging Extension Supported

Fast Save & Restore Supported

Hyper-Threading Technology Not Supported

L1 Context ID Supported

Local APIC On Chip Supported

Machine-Check Architecture Supported

Machine-Check Exception Supported

Memory Type Range Registers Supported

Model Specific Registers Supported

Page Attribute Table Supported

Page Global Extension Supported

Page Size Extension Supported

Pending Break Event Supported

Physical Address Extension Supported

Self-Snoop Supported

Time Stamp Counter Supported

Virtual Machine Extensions Not Supported

Virtual Mode Extension Supported

 

CPUID Registers (CPU #1):

CPUID 00000000 00000002-756E6547-6C65746E-49656E69

CPUID 00000001 00000F29-00010809-00004400-BFEBFBFF

CPUID 00000002 665B5101-00000000-00000000-007B7040

CPUID 80000000 80000004-00000000-00000000-00000000

CPUID 80000001 00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000

CPUID 80000002 20202020-20202020-20202020-6E492020

CPUID 80000003 286C6574-50202952-69746E65-52286D75

CPUID 80000004 20342029-20555043-30382E32-007A4847

 

MSR Registers:

MSR 00000017 000A-0000-0000-0000

MSR 0000002A 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR 0000002C 0000-0000-1511-0015

MSR 0000011E 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR C0000087 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR C0010015 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR 0000010A 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR C0010042 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR 000000CD 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR 0000008B 0000-0021-0000-0000

MSR 0000019A 0000-0000-0000-0008

MSR 0000019B 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR 0000019C 0000-0000-0000-0000

MSR 000001A0 0000-0000-0000-0081

 

 

--------[ Motherboard ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Motherboard Properties:

Motherboard ID 05/27/2003-P4X400-8235-C-00

Motherboard Name Shuttle AV49V(N)

 

Front Side Bus Properties:

Bus Type Intel NetBurst

Bus Width 64-bit

Real Clock 133 MHz (QDR)

Effective Clock 533 MHz

Bandwidth 4267 MB/s

 

Memory Bus Properties:

Bus Type DDR SDRAM

Bus Width 64-bit

Real Clock 167 MHz (DDR)

Effective Clock 333 MHz

Bandwidth 2667 MB/s

 

Chipset Bus Properties:

Bus Type VIA V-Link

Bus Width 8-bit

Real Clock 67 MHz (ODR)

Effective Clock 533 MHz

Bandwidth 533 MB/s

 

Motherboard Physical Info:

CPU Sockets/Slots 1 Socket 478

Expansion Slots 5 PCI, 1 AGP

RAM Slots 3 DDR DIMM

Integrated Devices Audio

Form Factor ATX

Motherboard Size 190 mm x 300 mm

Motherboard Chipset P4X400

 

Motherboard Manufacturer:

Company Name Shuttle Inc.

Product Information http://global.shuttle.com/Product/MotherBo...mbd_default.asp

BIOS Download http://global.shuttle.com/Download/Download.asp

 

 

--------[ Memory ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Physical Memory:

Total 255 MB

Used 211 MB

Free 44 MB

Utilization 83 %

 

Swap Space:

Total 1003 MB

Used 326 MB

Free 677 MB

Utilization 33 %

 

Virtual Memory:

Total 1259 MB

Used 537 MB

Free 721 MB

Utilization 43 %

 

Physical Address Extension (PAE):

Supported by Operating System Yes

Supported by CPU Yes

Active No

 

Problems & Suggestions:

Suggestion Install more system memory to improve applications performance.

 

 

--------[ SPD ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[ DIMM1: Hyundai HYMD232 646B8J-J ]

 

Memory Module Properties:

Module Name Hyundai HYMD232 646B8J-J

Serial Number 1C146059h

Module Size 256 MB (1 rows, 4 banks)

Module Type Unbuffered

Memory Type DDR SDRAM

Memory Speed PC2700 (166 MHz)

Module Width 64 bit

Module Voltage SSTL 2.5

Error Detection Method None

Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh

 

Memory Timings:

@ 166 MHz 2.5-3-3-7 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)

@ 133 MHz 2.0-3-3-6 (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

 

Memory Module Manufacturer:

Company Name Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

Product Information http://www.hynix.com/eng/02_products/01_dram/index.jsp

 

 

--------[ Chipset ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[ North Bridge: VIA VT8754 Apollo P4X400 ]

 

North Bridge Properties:

North Bridge VIA VT8754 Apollo P4X400

In-Order Queue Depth 12

 

Memory Controller:

Bank Interleave 4-way

 

Memory Timings:

CAS Latency (CL) 2.5T

RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T

RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T

RAS Active Time (tRAS) 6T

Command Rate (CR) 2T

Write Recovery Time (tWR) 3T

 

Memory Slots:

DRAM Slot #1 256 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)

 

AGP Controller:

AGP Version 3.05

AGP Status Enabled

AGP Device nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

AGP Aperture Size 64 MB

Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x

Current AGP Speed 8x

Fast-Write Supported, Enabled

Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled

 

Chipset Manufacturer:

Company Name VIA Technologies, Inc.

Product Information http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets

Driver Download http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

 

[ South Bridge: VIA VT8235 ]

 

South Bridge Properties:

South Bridge VIA VT8235

Revision 00

Package Type 487 Pin BGA

Package Size 2.7 cm x 2.7 cm

Process Technology 0.22 um

Core Voltage 2.5 V

 

AC'97 Audio Controller:

Audio Controller Type VIA 8233/8235/8237

Codec Name VIA VT1612A

Codec ID 56494161h

S/PDIF Output Not Supported

 

Chipset Manufacturer:

Company Name VIA Technologies, Inc.

Product Information http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets

Driver Download http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

 

 

--------[ BIOS ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

BIOS Properties:

BIOS Type Award

Award BIOS Type Phoenix-Award BIOS v6.00PG

Award BIOS Message AV49VS04 P4X400+8235

System BIOS Date 05/27/03

Video BIOS Date 09/25/03

 

BIOS Manufacturer:

Company Name Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

Product Information http://www.phoenix.com/en/products/default.htm

BIOS Upgrades http://www.esupport.com/biosagent/index.cfm?refererid=40

 

Problems & Suggestions:

Suggestion Are you looking for a BIOS Upgrade? Contact eSupport Today!

Suggestion System BIOS is more than 2 years old. Update it if necessary.

 

I know it's sh*tty but try to give me guidlines on what RAMs should I concider and which simply won't work.

[Bond996]

184-pin DDR SDRAM PC2700. If you buy PC3200, it will also work fine.

[Wolf68k]

The answer is right in the mobo manual and on their web site

http://global.shuttle.com/Product/MotherBo...pec.asp?M_id=16

 

Memory	DDR200/266/333/400 DDR SDRAM (1 DIMM to DDR400), 3 x 184 pin DIMM, Up to 3GB

My suggestion; buy a twin pack of 2x512MB DDR400. You'll get 2 matched sticks of RAM and if the mobo supports you can then run dual-channel, plus you'll be at 1GB of RAM.

Then take that 256MB stick out and put in a safe place, use it in an extreme case back up or to build a small box to do whatever or give/sell it someone that can use it.

Edited August 28, 2005 by wolf68k

[EricT]

thx a lot

I bought two 512MB DDR333/PC2700 's and they work great.