If you need to find out what type of memory you have on your computer, you can do so without opening it. This information is quite useful if you need to upgrade RAM on a laptop or desktop computer.
You need to know what type of memory to buy one.
Below we will look at two easy options available in Windows 10 to find the information you need without installing additional software.
First of all, you can use the built-in Task Manager application to find your DDR type.
Open the Administration work
Click the Details button to see more tabs.
At tab Performance click on Memory to the left.
In the upper right corner, the application displays the amount and type (eg DDR3) of memory installed in device you.
In addition to Task Manager, you can get this information from the line of commands.
Open a command prompt window as Administrator.
Copy and paste the command:
wmic MemoryChip get BankLabel, Capacity, MemoryType, TypeDetail, Speed, Tag
The command will display the MemoryType column. Match the number with values in the table below. For example, if MemoryType is 24, then it is DDR3
MemoryType value | Memory type |
---|---|
0 | Unknown |
1 | Other |
2 | DRAM |
3 | Synchronous DRAM |
4 | DRAM cache |
5 | EDO |
6 | Edram |
7 | VRAM |
8 | SRAM |
9 | RAM |
10 | ROM |
11 | Flash |
12 | EEPROM |
13 | FEPROM |
14 | EPROM |
15 | CDRAM |
16 | 3DRAM |
17 | SDRAM |
18 | sgram |
19 | RDRAM |
20 | DDR |
21 | DDR2 |
22 | DDR2 FB-DIMM |
24 | DDR3 |
25 | FBD2 |