Original Elpida (brand) RAM reported as DDR2, is DDR3. Replaced with Crucial (brand), also reported as DDR2. Unfortunately had to use two of the original modules as motherboard/BIOS would not boot:
Original: three 1 GB Elpida modules: slots 1, 2, 3. Attempted: four Crucial 2 GB modules: slots 1,2,3,4 -- would not boot. Eventual work-around: Crucial (2 GB each) in slots 1 and 2; Elpida (1 GB each) in slots 3 and 4. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to dmidecode in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/798667 Title: dmidecode reports incorrect memory type Status in dmidecode package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: dmidecode dmidecode reports DDR2 as memory type for M391B5673EH1-CH9 RAM by Samsung which should be DDR3. This bug is also present in Ubuntu 11.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: dmidecode 2.9-1.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-32.62-generic 2.6.32.38+drm33.16 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jun 17 17:50:09 2011 InstallationMedia: Bio-Linux 6 based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_IN SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: dmidecode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dmidecode/+bug/798667/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
