New product release - RAMMon display everything about your DDR2 and DDR3 ram

[David (PassMark)]

We are pleased to announce today the release of RAMMon. RAMMon is an easy to use Windows based application that allows users to quickly retrieve the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data from their RAM modules. It will allow users to identify a multitude of attributes, of which, includes the manufacturer, the clockspeed and other data of their DDR2, DDR3 memory devices and even some older memory types. It uses SysInfo DLL SDK to gather the SPD attributes from RAM devices. This information provides a snapshot of the available data for each RAM module installed on the system.


You can download RAMMon here. It is free for personal use.


Screen shot

[wonderwrench]

Nice! I tried it on my new build (see sig) and it works OK. It does not seem to pickup the XMP memory profile for my memory though. The XMP profile on my memory is 9-9-9-24 T2 @ 1600. RamMon shows timings at max frequency to be 7-7-7-20. I would guess RamMon does not understand XMP profiles?

RAMMon V1.0 Build: 1000 built with SysInfo v1.0 Build: 1003
PassMark (R) Software - www.passmark.com

Memory Summary For SMOKE
Number of Memory Devices: 3 Total Physical Memory: 12286 MB (12288 MB) Total Available Physical Memory: 10887 MB Memory Load: 11%
ItemSlot #1Slot #2Slot #3Slot #4Slot #5Slot #6 Ram Type DDR3 Not Populated DDR3 Not Populated DDR3 Not Populated Standard Name DDR3-1066
DDR3-1066
DDR3-1066
Module Name PC3-8500
PC3-8500
PC3-8500
Memory Capacity (MB) 4096
4096
4096
Bus Clockspeed (Mhz) 533.33
533.33
533.33
Jedec Manufacture Name Patriot Memory (PDP Systems)
Patriot Memory (PDP Systems)
Patriot Memory (PDP Systems)
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SPD Revision 1.0
1.0
1.0
Registered No
No
No
ECC No
No
No
DIMM Slot # 1
3
5
Manufactured Year 2000
Year 2000
Year 2000
Module Part # 1600EL Series
1600EL Series
1600EL Series
Module Revision 0x0
0x0
0x0
Module Serial # 0x0
0x0
0x0
Module Manufacturing Location 1
1
1
# of Row Addressing Bits 15
15
15
# of Column Addressing Bits 10
10
10
# of Banks 8
8
8
# of Ranks 2
2
2
Device Width in Bits 8
8
8
Bus Width in Bits 64
64
64
Module Voltage 1.5V
1.5V
1.5V
CAS Latencies Supported 6 7
6 7
6 7
Timings @ Max Frequency 7-7-7-20
7-7-7-20
7-7-7-20
Minimum Clock Cycle Time, tCK (ns) 1.875
1.875
1.875
Minimum CAS Latency Time, tAA (ns) 13.125
13.125
13.125
Minimum RAS to CAS Delay, tRCD (ns) 13.125
13.125
13.125
Minimum Row Precharge Time, tRP (ns) 13.125
13.125
13.125
Minimum Active to Precharge Time, tRAS (ns) 37.500
37.500
37.500
Minimum Row Active to Row Active Delay, tRRD (ns) 7.500
7.500
7.500
Minimum Auto-Refresh to Active/Auto-Refresh Time, tRC (ns) 50.625
50.625
50.625
Minimum Auto-Refresh to Active/Auto-Refresh Command Period, tRFC (ns) 160.000
160.000
160.000







DDR3 Specific SPD Attributes





Write Recovery Time, tWR (ns) 15.000
15.000
15.000
Internal Write to Read Command Delay, tWTR (ns) 7.500
7.500
7.500
Internal Read to Precharge Command Delay, tRTP (ns) 7.500
7.500
7.500
Minimum Four Activate Window Delay, tFAW (ns) 37.500
37.500
37.500
RZQ / 6 Supported No
No
No
RZQ / 7 Supported Yes
Yes
Yes
DLL-Off Mode Supported Yes
Yes
Yes
Maximum Operating Temperature (C) 95
95
95
Refresh Rate at Extended Operating Temperature Range 1X
1X
1X
Auto-self Refresh Supported Yes
Yes
Yes
On-die Thermal Sensor Readout Supported No
No
No
Partial Array Self Refresh Supported No
No
No
Thermal Sensor Present No
No
No
Non-standard SDRAM Type Standard Monolithic
Standard Monolithic
Standard Monolithic
Module Type UDIMM
UDIMM
UDIMM
Module Height (mm) 30
30
30
Module Thickness (front), (mm) 2
2
2
Module Thickness (back), (mm) 2
2
2
Module Width (mm) 133.5
133.5
133.5
Reference Raw Card Used Raw Card B Rev. 0
Raw Card B Rev. 0
Raw Card B Rev. 0
DRAM Manufacture ID 0
0
0
# of DRAM Rows 0
0
0
# of Registers 0
0
0
Register Manufacturer





Register Type





Register Revision 0
0
0

[wonderwrench]

More info

[David (PassMark)]

To be honest we had never even heard of XMP
This is desipte a month or so of reading the JEDEC and other specs and testing on about 30 machines.

We have a look and might get back to you to collect some logs.

[wonderwrench]

Sounds good! Just let me know it you need anything.

Bill

[keith]

XMP support

Sounds good! Just let me know it you need anything.

Bill

We're in the process of implementing support for XMP into the next release of RAMMon but we need some assistance in testing with RAM modules that support XMP. We've uploaded a test application (TestSPD.zip) that will output a log file that will help us verify our implementation. If you can, please run the test program and send us back the resulting log file (SysInfoLog.txt), it would be greatly appreciated!

[wonderwrench]

We're in the process of implementing support for XMP into the next release of RAMMon but we need some assistance in testing with RAM modules that support XMP. We've uploaded a test application (TestSPD.zip) that will output a log file that will help us verify our implementation. If you can, please run the test program and send us back the resulting log file (SysInfoLog.txt), it would be greatly appreciated!

Here is a link to the log file. Sysinfo was run on the Patriot DDR3 1600EL see my sig. I'm not using the XPM profile BTW. It seems to be a no no if overclocking. http://www.4shared.com/document/cglIgLUl/SysInfoLog.html

Bill

[David (PassMark)]

The log didn't show what we were expecting for the XMP data. We are going to go out an purchase some XMP RAM and have a play with it.

[Cartel]

maybe your missing EPP too?
Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP)
Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

[David (PassMark)]

We have a new release of RAMMon available. Release V1.0 build 1002.

This release now supports XMP and EPP.
XMP has been tested on a few different RAM sticks and should be OK. EPP hasn't been tested as well.

[wonderwrench]

The XMP profile is now reported on my system.

XMP Attributes | | | | | | |
XMP Revision | 1.2 | | 1.2 | | 1.2 | |
Enthusiast / Certified Profile | | | | | | |
Module voltage | 1.65V | | 1.65V | | 1.65V | |
Clock speed (Mhz) | 800.00 | | 800.00 | | 800.00 | |
Minimum clock cycle time, tCK (ns) | 1.250 | | 1.250 | | 1.250 | |
Supported CAS latencies | 6 7 9 | | 6 7 9 | | 6 7 9 | |
Minimum CAS latency time, tAA (ns) | 11.250 | | 11.250 | | 11.250 | |
Minimum RAS to CAS delay time, tRCD (ns) | 11.250 | | 11.250 | | 11.250 | |
Minimum row precharge time, tRP (ns) | 11.250 | | 11.250 | | 11.250 | |
Minimum active to precharge time, tRAS (ns) | 29.875 | | 29.875 | | 29.875 | |
Supported timing at highest clock speed | 9-9-9-24 | | 9-9-9-24 | | 9-9-9-24 | |
Minimum Row Active to Row Active Delay, tRRD (ns) | 6.000 | | 6.000 | | 6.000 | |
Minimum Active to Auto-Refresh Delay, tRC (ns) | 46.500 | | 46.500 | | 46.500 | |
Minimum Recovery Delay, tRFC (ns) | 110.000 | | 110.000 | | 110.000 | |
Minimum Write Recovery time, tWR (ns) | 15.000 | | 15.000 | | 15.000 | |
Minimum Write to Read CMD Delay, tWTR (ns) | 7.500 | | 7.500 | | 7.500 | |
Minimum Read to Pre-charge CMD Delay, tRTP (ns) | 7.500 | | 7.500 | | 7.500 | |
Minimum Four Activate Window Delay, tFAW (ns) | 30.000 | | 30.000 | | 30.000 | |
Maximum Average Periodic Refresh Interval, tREFI (us) | 7.875 | | 7.875 | | 7.875 | |
Write to Read CMD Turn-around Time Optimizations | No adjustment | | No adjustment | | No adjustment | |
Read to Write CMD Turn-around Time Optimizations | No adjustment | | No adjustment | | No adjustment | |
Back 2 Back CMD Turn-around Time Optimizations | No adjustment | | No adjustment | | No adjustment | |
System CMD Rate Mode | 2T | | 2T | | 2T | |

[knight0]

I'm getting the following error when I try to run RAMMon:

Error: SPDINFO_INIT_DIRECTIO
DirectIO.sys load error.
There was an error loading DirectIO.sys.


I've tried both 32 and 64-bit versions, reinstalling, and running Windows (Vista Home Premium 64-bit) in Safe Mode.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[David (PassMark)]

You need to be admin. Also you can have this problem when running from a removable drive (the O/S will refuse to load the device driver).

Not sure about the behavior in safe mode.

You must use the 64bit release on a 64bit O/S and the 32bit release on a 32bit O/S.

[knight0]

Thanks for the suggestions, but still no luck.

I tried right-clicking on the shortcut and running as the admin. Instead of getting the error, nothing happens. In task manager, I see the executable appear and disappear.

Any other thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[David (PassMark)]

Seems to be a safe mode issues. Other apps have the same problem.

e.g.
http://forum.sysinternals.com/safe-mode-process-monitor-device-driver_topic24607.html