Re: [gentoo-user] Is lshw reporting correctly?

[Poison BL.]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> This is what I see when I plugged in two memory modules:
> =======================================================
>      *-memory
>           description: System Memory
>           physical id: 2f
>           slot: System board or motherboard
>           size: 16GiB
>         *-bank:0
>              description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
>              product: Array1_PartNumber1
>              vendor: A1_Manufacturer1
>              physical id: 0
>              serial: A1_SerNum1
>              slot: DIMM_A1
>              size: 8GiB
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
>         *-bank:1
>              description: [empty]
>              product: Array1_PartNumber0
>              vendor: A1_Manufacturer0
>              physical id: 1
>              serial: A1_SerNum0
>              slot: DIMM_A2
>         *-bank:2
>              description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns)
>              product: F3-2133C9-8GXH
>              vendor: Undefined
>              physical id: 2
>              serial: 00000000
>              slot: DIMM_B1
>              size: 8GiB
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns)
>         *-bank:3
>              description: [empty]
>              product: Array1_PartNumber3
>              vendor: A1_Manufacturer3
>              physical id: 3
>              serial: A1_SerNum3
>              slot: DIMM_B2
> ========================================
>
> These were bought as a set from Amazon:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ripjaws-PC17000-2133MHz-Memory-Platforms/dp/B007COT274/
>
> but as you can see above only the second module reports a product code
> (product: F3-2133C9-8GXH), while the first module shows "Array1_PartNumber1".
>
> Is this normal?  Is there something wrong with the memory module(s), the MoBo,
> or even the lshw command?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick

Primarily, I suspect that anything over about 1600MHz is going to
require poking the bios (or uefi) to actually run it at its spec'd
clock (enabling following the XMP profile defined by the ram, if the
mobo directly supports doing so, is usually all it takes), otherwise
it down-steps to either 1333 or 1600 as 'standard' defined speeds for
ddr3. As for why it's not reporting the product, vendor, and s/n's
properly, I'm not sure. I'd try swapping them to see if the issue
moves with them, but as long as they're actually able to run stable
(and reliably) at their spec'd rates, and they really are the sizes
they claim, I'd be inclined not to care whether the nvram values
beyond the speed profiles are read properly.

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Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy