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How to determine EDO RAM MB?

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Name: banphotu
Date: September 19, 2005 at 21:03:11 Pacific
Subject: How to determine EDO RAM MB?
OS: Windows98SE
CPU/Ram: K6-2 500 Mhz./ EDO RAM 64
Comment:

Hi all
Could anybody help me determining how many megabytes of a stick of EDO RAM with part number printed on the sticker as follows:
SEC KMM 5328104BK-6U
KOREA 9715H

While on each chip printed as follows:
SEC KOREA 713
KM44C4104BK-6

There are 8 chips on each side of the stick.
What I found from the internet was its manufacturer was SAMSUNG. Its specification quoted in www.imarketlive.com as : EDO 8x32-60-16C-2K. I don't know what 8x32 and 2K means? But guess that 60 means 60ns, 16C means 16 chips.
However, I need to know how many MB. on one stick. I bought 2 of them from someone who claimed that there are 64MB on each stick. But when putting them on my ASUS SP97-V, which support upto 64MB on each bank, each stick has only 32MB.

How can I determine its size in MB?

Thanks
Banphotu


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Response Number 1
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: September 19, 2005 at 21:31:46 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

The 8 X 32 sticks are 32 meg. To decipher that you divide the byte length (8 bit) into the 32 to get 4. Then you multiply that 4 times the first 8 to get 32.

So a 4 x 32 is 16 meg, 2 x 32 is 8 meg, and so on.

Similar notation on a 64 meg stick would be 16 x 32.


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Response Number 2
Name: banphotu
Date: September 19, 2005 at 22:08:51 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Thank you so much Dave.
You not only give a prompt reply but with clear and valuable knowledge!
I am sure that it will benefit others as well.

I will check in this board more often and let the computer geeks in Thailand know about this site too.

Thanks again.
banphotu


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Response Number 3
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: September 19, 2005 at 22:18:45 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

You're welcome. The notation is kind of confusing. Sometimes people unfamiliar with it will see '2 x 32' for example and assume incorrectly it means 2 sticks of 32 meg.


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Response Number 4
Name: wvydk
Date: October 19, 2005 at 03:05:23 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Hi there.
How do you use www.imarketlive.com to get you the information about an unknown RAM module? I tried with the above SEC (Samsung) module, but with no luck.
Can you help me, please?


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Response Number 5
Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: October 19, 2005 at 11:18:36 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

I've never tried using that site. 44C4104 is a more generic search term for that chip.


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