What the heck is this RAM stick?

[Camshaft134]

I've had this RAM stick since I was a child. I bought it at a yard sale in like 2004 attempting to upgrade my old Gateway running Windows XP Home Edition, but I knew nowhere near enough about computers then and it didn't fit. Even to this day I can't figure out what exactly it is. It is in the 184 pin original dimm format from the late 90s, I believe, and I can see on the edge that it says it was made by PNY, and there's also an honorable mention of a tiny Texas Instruments logo on the very center chip for both sides. All the numbers on the chip I can google just end up as searches that google can't identify. It is covered from stem to stern in these old style memory chips that are twice as thick as anything I've seen in years, and I'm an older PC enthusiast. You would think I would be able to figure this out, but every hint of an answer just leads me to expired ebay listings and incorrect labels on odd websites. I have no boards to test it in either or I would. It hasn't ever had any stickers on it in the time I had it so no luck there either. I just wanna know what the specs are beyond what I already know and it messes with me that I haven't been able to get anywhere with my search. So what the heck is it? Maybe one of you guys can figure it out. 

[iRileyx]

It's sdram of some kind. The very early ram before DDR came around. 

[shadowbyte]

I think that's ECC DDR

probably from a RAID card, iirc an old raid card I have has a RAM stick very similar to that

[Camshaft134]

4 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

I think that's ECC DDR

probably from a RAID card, iirc an old raid card I have has a RAM stick very similar to that

You're probably right. It was in a little plastic box when I got it, but that had no stickers either, so it was probably looted from one. I just wish I knew exactly what the specs are. You know just a peace of mind thing.

[shadowbyte]

Just now, Camshaft134 said:

You're probably right. It was in a little plastic box when I got it, but that had no stickers either, so it was probably looted from one. I just wish I knew exactly what the specs are. You know just a peace of mind thing.

if it has a serial number, just look that up on google

I found out what a bunch of old RAM I had was by doing that

[Camshaft134]

4 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

if it has a serial number, just look that up on google

I found out what a bunch of old RAM I had was by doing that

See, now that's what I was mentioning. Google won't accept any of the numbers on the stick. Not even partial ones. 

[shadowbyte]

1 minute ago, Camshaft134 said:

See, now that's what I was mentioning. Google won't accept any of the numbers on the stick. Not even partial ones. 

maybe it's the elusive DDR420

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Camshaft134 said:

See, now that's what I was mentioning. Google won't accept any of the numbers on the stick. Not even partial ones. 

Retake the picture with proper numbers on it so we can help

[NumLock21]

That is a really old SD-RAM or EDO type of ram.

EDO rams must be installed in pairs and you don't install them like normal ram. They must be inserted like you do with laptop ram and then pushed upwards until it stands up and are locked into place.

[Riddler356]

17 minutes ago, Camshaft134 said:

I've had this RAM stick since I was a child. I bought it at a yard sale in like 2004 attempting to upgrade my old Gateway running Windows XP Home Edition, but I knew nowhere near enough about computers then and it didn't fit. Even to this day I can't figure out what exactly it is. It is in the 184 pin original dimm format from the late 90s, I believe, and I can see on the edge that it says it was made by PNY, and there's also an honorable mention of a tiny Texas Instruments logo on the very center chip for both sides. All the numbers on the chip I can google just end up as searches that google can't identify. It is covered from stem to stern in these old style memory chips that are twice as thick as anything I've seen in years, and I'm an older PC enthusiast. You would think I would be able to figure this out, but every hint of an answer just leads me to expired ebay listings and incorrect labels on odd websites. I have no boards to test it in either or I would. It hasn't ever had any stickers on it in the time I had it so no luck there either. I just wanna know what the specs are beyond what I already know and it messes with me that I haven't been able to get anywhere with my search. So what the heck is it? Maybe one of you guys can figure it out. 

 

 

its a type of sd ram, i had some in some old pc's my family had from the mid-late 90's that i messed with as a boy in the mid 2000's

http://www.ebay.com/itm/512MB-2X256MB-MEMORY-168-PIN-PC100-8NS-3-3V-NON-ECC-UNBUFFERED-SDRAM-RAM-DIMM-/141939418872

Edited January 11, 2017 by Riddler356
cates wrong, and forgot to quote.

[airdeano]

its 168 pin SDRAM DIMM (due to the slot segments)

 

and lower edge chips suggest EEC

[Camshaft134]

39 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Retake the picture with proper numbers on it so we can help

My phone camera won't focus that well, but here they are. 

One side has PNY on the left and the right says 98/36.

Other side says: GSEP-M01 94V-0 with "168" right next to the pins on the left and the right says 40000105 with 85 next to the right side of the pins.

The Texas Instruments chip says 7CA8NHF ABT162244 and the rest have some sort of V logo in a box with VG2617400DJ AA3ZZ1.

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, Camshaft134 said:

My phone camera won't focus that well, but here they are. 

One side has PNY on the left and the right says 98/36.

Other side says: GSEP-M01 94V-0 with "168" right next to the pins on the left and the right says 40000105 with 85 next to the right side of the pins.

The Texas Instruments chip says 7CA8NHF ABT162244 and the rest have some sort of V logo in a box with VG2617400DJ AA3ZZ1.

I found this but it doesn't look like

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-GSEP-M01-94V-0-PCB-40000113-72-pin-SIMM-RAM-/142134209440?hash=item2117dbeba0

[Camshaft134]

4 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Got it, 72-pin SIMM RAM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PNY-GSEP-M01-94V-0-PCB-40000113-72-pin-SIMM-RAM-/142134209440?hash=item2117dbeba0

You know, that's the funny thing is that it's not. it's a 184 pin DIMM SDRAM. I looked at that one too. That's like windows 95 DOS RAM, and this attaches like any other stick with this pin configuration. 

Notice the dual indents in the bottom. It's like that, just covered in thick little memory chips.