Question for Mushkin RAM Rep

[Dwayne]

HI there, I am a pretty happy customer so far as my RAM seems to be performing well, but I do have a question.

CPU-Z 1.52.1 reports the sticks as per this screen shot:



And here is a pic of the RAM itself:




I was wondering why CPU-Z isn't reporting the RAM correctly? Any ideas?

My Motherboard is an eVGA x58 SLI LE. There are no BIOS updates from what I can tell. I am guessing the CPU-Z reads the RAM from the Mobo?

Thanks!

[3oh6]

everything looks normal to me, part number is correct, yours is the one in the bracket's. all Mushkin memory has two part numbers listed, the first i assume is a generic SPD profile all their memory with the actual part number in brackets. my Redline Ascents are the same way with a different part number first as they have an XMP profile as well...



the part number is 998692, which is in brackets, the first number is again likely just a generic SPD bin given to all modules with the XMP 6-7-6 profile, just like your first part number is 991679 which is likely the SPD profile for all their PC3-12800 parts without an XMP profile. definitely nothing to worry about or out of the ordinary, all of their memory is like that. it's just how they program there SPD profiles.

[Dwayne]

Originally Posted by 3oh6

the part number is 998692, which is in brackets, the first number is again likely just a generic SPD bin given to all modules with the XMP 6-7-6 profile, just like your first part number is 991679 which is likely the SPD profile for all their PC3-12800 parts without an XMP profile. definitely nothing to worry about or out of the ordinary, all of their memory is like that. it's just how they program there SPD profiles.

Hmmm, I see, I think. I was a little concerned that the rated speed and settings are not in the SPD profiles, but since I wrote down the numbers I knew I could clock them to 1600 and put in the 7-8-7-20 myself. And they do run just fine, it just looked odd to me I guess. No XMP profile for my RAM but it is happy in its role at the moment.

[Lpfan4ever]

Yeah, it's weird. Evern my DDR2 Redlines are like that. What's even more weird is unless I manually set the timings, they go to 5-7-7-25 .
Great RAM, but minor annoyances. It could be worse, reporting what it should be and not working at it's proper speed

[Dwayne]

Well, it sounds like it could be something peculiar to Mushkin memory. Mine seems to tick right along at the rated speed and timings so I am not worried, it just seemed odd to me. Thanks for the feedback on your experience LPF4E!

[3oh6]

no DDR3 will have SPD's of the actual specified memory timings unless there are XMP profiles. the reason being is that SPD profiles have to meet JEDEC specification which means, 1.5v for DDR3. the SPD profiles are there to get the system to POST so you can go in and set timings/frequency/voltage manually. of course, XMP profiles are nice as they will aid in this but without an XMP profile, all DDR3 triple channel kits will have the same low frequency/high timing SPD profile set for 1.5v.

after the whole DDR2 performance ram debacle with most Micron D9 not even being able to POST in a lot of cases, JEDEC and memory manufacturers changed the way they program DDR3 kits, this i have noticed particularly with triple channel kits. they are all the same...



from the Corsair Dominator-GT review here at HWC ^^ , aside from the XMP profile, looks familiar?

[Dwayne]

Thanks again, that clears it up even more! I did go and set up the memory in BIOS myself but it is good to know some of the reasoning for what is happening.

I must not have read that Corsair review, strange as I usually read all the reviews!