Overclockers or those users who want to work great on RAM should have a precise knowledge of what kind of chips they are dealing with. This saves time, because different types require different parameters otherwise we would have to try them manually based on trial and error running until we understand which chip we have.
Therefore, some programs allow the reading of SPD firmware of each RAM, giving us more data than programs like the CPU-Z.
Thaiphoon Burner: learn more about your RAM and chips
The selected program is known Thaiphoon Burner
We will wisely choose DEMO, because it has a lot of potential that can be unlocked and covering our needs is enough. But before starting, what is Thaiphoon Burner?
It is a software to work with SPD firmware for RAM modules on a PC. We can read, modify, update and restart SPD firmware for devices SPD EEPROM. Since there is no alternative to this type of program, it complies with all current JEDEC standards, including the NVIDIA EPP.
How to download and use this program
The first thing we should do is go to your website and download site or click directly on this exact link to save time. As long as the download we'll see in the compressed file will be something like this:
It is best to choose to move these files to a folder, but if we do not want to do so, we will only have to double-click the application.
When you open it we will find a pop-up window that reminds us that it is a free software with a paid version with many options to open it. For what we need to do we don't have to pay, but if we want to access any of these restricted options we need to do that.
Once the window is closed by clicking on the close button, the technology will be used.
To read the chips in our RAM we must go to them EEPROM and within the category we will see different SPDs in their respective SMBus. Each RAM model represents a SMBus with its SPD, so in our case of having 4 modules 4 full SMBus will appear.
Being a Quad Channel, the 4 modules will cover the same chip, so we won't have to go module by module with SMBus by SMBus to look at each of them. We select one and click.
Here we see all the details of our RAM module, key and secondary times included with different speed, serial number, JEDEC and also the manufacturer and type of chip that they carry.
This is in the category DIE-Density, where in our case we see that they are mentioned with the Samsung B-Die at 20 nm. Knowing this data, we can go find the information in our favorite search engine to compare data, see the times they can find and ultimately save us time depending on trial and error per chip.
