goretsky Supervisor Posted June 11, 2021 Supervisor Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) Hello, Reading the At least some of its DRAM products are indeed defective, admits SK Hynix article made me realize that people might need a quick way to identify the manufacturer of the memory modules installed in their computer. While you can definitely find this out by opening up your computer to physically examine the memory, or by running a third-party utility like CPU-Z, it is not always convenient to open a computer to look inside, nor is it always possible to install third-party software. Also, if you are managing multiple computers, you might want to use something that's built into Windows and can be scripted. Although it is being deprecated, the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Command Line Utility (filename: WMIC.EXE) allows you to query the system for various types of information about the computer, including the type of memory installed in it. With that in mind, I came up with the following line to check the relevant information about a computer's installed memory. It can be run from a standard Windows Command Prompt (filename: CMD.EXE) : wmic memorychip get manufacturer, otheridentifyinginfo, partnumber, serialnumber, sku So what exactly does this command do? It calls the WMIC command with the memorychip alias (setting), and then to get the following properties from it: manufacturer - the manufacturer of the installed memory module otheridentifyinginfo - blank for the RAM I tested with, but may provide information partnumber - the part number of the installed memory module serialnumber - the serial number of the installed memory module sku - blank for the RAM I tested with, but may provide you with the SKU (stock keeping unit) of the installed memory module Depending upon the manufacturer of your memory, not all of these fields may be present. To see all the different properties available that you can query, issue the following command: wmic memorychip get /? Or, if you want to view them all: wmic memorychip list full If you do the "get all" query, you may wish to redirect the output to a text file, otherwise you are going to be presented with a lot of information. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Edited June 11, 2021 by goretsky fixed accidental emoticon; updated command (thanks +spikey_richie) spikey_richie, Circaflex, +hedleigh and 6 others 4 5 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1408731-determining-the-manufacturer-of-your-computers-ram/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Is there a Manufacturer lookup list, which gives you a friendly name? Mine say "01980000802C" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1408731-determining-the-manufacturer-of-your-computers-ram/#findComment-598650717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 26 minutes ago, goretsky said: wmic memorychip get all `get all` doesn't work, `list full` works better goretsky and hellowalkman 1 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1408731-determining-the-manufacturer-of-your-computers-ram/#findComment-598650723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted June 11, 2021 Global Moderator Share Posted June 11, 2021 46 minutes ago, spikey_richie said: Is there a Manufacturer lookup list, which gives you a friendly name? Mine say "01980000802C" Same thing here, just a different number/letter combo. Could just run.... wmic memorychip get devicelocator, partnumber The output from my notebook is ... DeviceLocator PartNumber DIMM A 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 DIMM B 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 From there it's a google search which tells me they are Micron 8GB modules. spikey_richie and goretsky 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1408731-determining-the-manufacturer-of-your-computers-ram/#findComment-598650727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goretsky Supervisor Posted June 13, 2021 Author Supervisor Share Posted June 13, 2021 Hello, Thank you for the suggestion, @spikey_richie. I'm not aware of anything like a memory manufacturer lookup list, but perhaps by typing the results into a search engine will reveal the manufacturer's name. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1408731-determining-the-manufacturer-of-your-computers-ram/#findComment-598651216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaCrip Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 On Linux from terminal... sudo dmidecode -t 17 mine basically shows (I just removed the serial/asset tag stuff though)... Handle 0x0052, DMI type 17, 28 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0053 Error Information Handle: 0x0056 Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 8192 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: ChannelA-DIMM0 Bank Locator: BANK 0 Type: DDR3 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 1600 MT/s Manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai Serial Number: xxxxxxxx Asset Tag: xxxxxxxxxx Part Number: HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB Rank: 2 Handle 0x0057, DMI type 17, 28 bytes Memory Device Array Handle: 0x0053 Error Information Handle: No Error Total Width: 64 bits Data Width: 64 bits Size: 8192 MB Form Factor: DIMM Set: None Locator: ChannelB-DIMM0 Bank Locator: BANK 2 Type: DDR3 Type Detail: Synchronous Speed: 1600 MT/s Manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai Serial Number: xxxxxxxx Asset Tag: xxxxxxxxxx Part Number: HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB Rank: 2 hellowalkman and goretsky 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1408731-determining-the-manufacturer-of-your-computers-ram/#findComment-598745506 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellowalkman Reporter Posted October 5, 2022 Reporter Share Posted October 5, 2022 Interesting stuff. Thanks for posting! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1408731-determining-the-manufacturer-of-your-computers-ram/#findComment-598766603 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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