Is Cupid Stupid?

[stuckonthis]

In my Bios my ram will read 4800 

 

Cupid will read the ram at 2400 mhz

 

To me it only looks like it is reading one slot but it still shows 32 Gbs

 

 

[8-Bit Ninja]

Your RAM is running in dual channel, so your bios is showing the speed of the RAM running in dual channel (2400mhz X 2) where as cupid is showing the speed per stick of RAM. Both are correct, both are technically the same. 

[Poinkachu]

7 minutes ago, stuckonthis said:

In my Bios my ram will read 4800 

 

Cupid will read the ram at 2400 mhz

 

To me it only looks like it is reading one slot but it still shows 32 Gbs

 

 

You mean CPUID ?

DDR = Double Data Rate, so multiply it by 2.
Each (bios & software) just reads & display result differently.

[stuckonthis]

Makes sense, just can't see why it does not read both channels.

[LogicalDrm]

On 6/3/2022 at 3:17 PM, stuckonthis said:

Makes sense, just can't see why it does not read both channels.

It does... Channels are different thing. You are seeing clockspeed of single module, and both channels since it reads 32 gigs.

[stuckonthis]

1 hour ago, LogicalDrm said:

It does... Channels are different thing. You are seeing clockspeed of single module, and both channels since it reads 32 gigs.

Would cpuid know if the second ram was defective? I know you have mem86 to test this but just wondering.

[LogicalDrm]

1 hour ago, stuckonthis said:

Would cpuid know if the second ram was defective? I know you have mem86 to test this but just wondering.

It isn't made for testing things. It's only showing which slots are populated and with what kind of hardware.

[stuckonthis]

On 6/4/2022 at 10:53 PM, LogicalDrm said:

It isn't made for testing things. It's only showing which slots are populated and with what kind of hardware.

I know it’s not made for testing things which is why I mentioned mem86, and it should be showing all populated slots if that is what Cpuid it is meant to be doing.  Apart from that it isn’t a bad little program.

[LogicalDrm]

1 hour ago, stuckonthis said:

I know it’s not made for testing things which is why I mentioned mem86, and it should be showing all populated slots if that is what Cpuid it is meant to be doing.  Apart from that it isn’t a bad little program.

So why you ask when you know the answer? Defective, when it comes to RAM, can mean anything from no boot to random errors and crashes. So no, CPUID can't determine whether RAM is defective or not, only whether it works enough to show up or not. But even then, module could be fine, but slot broken.

[stuckonthis]

On 6/6/2022 at 2:37 PM, LogicalDrm said:

So why you ask when you know the answer? Defective, when it comes to RAM, can mean anything from no boot to random errors and crashes. So no, CPUID can't determine whether RAM is defective or not, only whether it works enough to show up or not. But even then, module could be fine, but slot broken.

No I think you are misreading my post, I was asking why cpuid was only reading one channel.