DRAM Detective · Case File 0.2

The DIMM's ID Card

The BIOS reads the SPD — 1024 bytes of "who am I" — before it does anything else.
Let me read this DIMM's ID card…
SPD
BIOS reads via SMBus · address 0x50
DIMM ID Card — 1024 bytes
Module TypeCSODIMMByte 3
Density16 GB (1 rank ×16 Gb ×8)Byte 4
Max Speed6410 MT/sByte 20–21
TimingsCL-52 · tRCD-52 · tRP-52Byte 30–37
VendorSK Hynix (0x80AD)Byte 512–513
Part NumberHMCG78AHBVA312NByte 521–550
Before you interrogate a DIMM,
read its ID card.
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