Can anyone tell me how to identify ram size?Please..

[jl123]

Ok i have 4 30pin simms that i don't know what size they are. Is there any way to tell what size they are by how many chips it has?? I need to know how to do this for 30-pin, 72 pin, and 168 pin. Is it possible?

But for now i need help identifiy these 4 chips. They are 30 pin. Anyone know what size?????????

http://jl321.tripod.com/30pinram.JPG

Thanks for the help http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

~Joel(jl123)

[This message has been edited by jl123 (edited 06-17-2000).]

[Eli]

I'm afraid my best suggestion is to pop them into an old motherboard and fire it up. Unless it's actually printed on the PCB somewhere, that might be the easiest way.

[jl123]

Yeah that's what i thought someone would say. The thing is that i don't have a old mobo to try it on. Oh well. Thanks a lot http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

~Joel(jl123)

[alondra]

just be sure to put them in in pairs
they can be as small as 1meg per stick. have four of them.

[Chainsaw]

Joel,
Here is a link that may help you identify those simms, I wasn't able to read them from the screen-shot, but my first guess would be that they are 4 MB 30-pin parity simms (please don't quote me because I am not sure
http://arstechnica.com/paedia/r/ram_id-1.html

Best of luck,
c:::CHNsaw

[Eli]

Well the common size is 1 meg per stick, but there was also 4 meg sticks and I think 512KB per stick (although I may be mistaken). Most likely they're 1 meggers.

[blind to truth]

eli,there are sticks as small as 256K http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Eli]

BTT, I thought so. I just remembered an old 286 I have lying around with a pair of 512K sticks in it.