Memory question (possible fakes)

[saivert]

I purchased Samsung 64GB (8 X 8GB) M393B1K70CH0-CH9 8GB DDR3 PC3-10600R SERVER MEMORY on ebay from an Israeli seller. A friend jokingly told me they might put spyware on the RAM. I doubt that.

But these screenshots are worrying me:

It says it is Fujitsu and the part number is missing and many fields don't say or show conflicting information. Have I gotten some fake or mislabelled ram or is that just a bug in CPU-Z?

System specs:
Board: Supermicro X9DRL-iF
CPUs: 2x Xeon E5-2670

 

[Patriot]

Looks like cpu-z isn't recognizing it properly... doesn't mean it is fake... cat our meminfo in linux and see what that says. See what the motherboard thinks it is in ipmi too.

Windows 10 may not be passing through the spd settings correctly.

 

[saivert]

dmidecode -t memory shows (example for just one of the dimms):
Handle 0x002F, DMI type 17, 34 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x002D
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 72 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 8192 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: P1_DIMMA1
Bank Locator: Node0_Bank0
Type: DDR3
Type Detail: Registered (Buffered)
Speed: 1333 MHz
Manufacturer: Samsung
Serial Number: 877F824C
Asset Tag: Dimm0_AssetTag
Part Number: M393B1K70CH0-
Rank: 1
Configured Clock Speed: 1333 MHz


So It might just be a problem with the Live CD Windows 10 I was booting up to do a few tests.

 

[Patriot]

Well, there you go... spd looks to match the label.

 

[Terry Kennedy]

It says it is Fujitsu and the part number is missing and many fields don't say or show conflicting information. Have I gotten some fake or mislabelled ram or is that just a bug in CPU-Z?

The telltale sign that the SPD is being misread is all of the "04" you see (in the serial number and the date code). The JEDEC manufacturer code (JEP106) for Fujitsu is also 04.

 

[izx]

64MB SDRAM modules...brings back memories

Amazingly, Micron (at least) still makes SDRAM chips as of 05/2015...