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From: Adrian C on 13 Jan 2010 17:31
On 13/01/2010 21:47, Mike Easter wrote:
>>
>> http://www.legacyelectronics.com/pn_search_detail.php?sid=2869
>
> This link seems to indicate 'exactly' that ram and the part number is
> 'Micron' - but the site's listing doesn't say Micron Tech or Micron
> Technology tho'.
>
> But... Micron Technology doesn't have that logo and the micron website
> seems to say to me that all of their part numbers start with MT.

The module is major on third.

The link found seems correct, right down to the logo shown top left of
the web page.

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Adrian C
From: Paul on 13 Jan 2010 17:53
Mike Easter wrote:
> catguy wrote:
>> "larry moe 'n curly"
>
>>> P/N: 34RS13JRMFJ0010 0016456
>>>
>>> P/C: 34-04-00020-R
>>>
>>> Desc: 4GB, 512Mx72, PC3-10600 9-9-9
>>>
>>> It has Micron chips on it (but is definitely not a Micron or Crucial
>>> DIMM) and an Inph brand register chip.
>>>
>>> The logo is a pyramid with horizontal stripes on one face:
>>>
>>> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4268213381_3690d24c0d_o.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Maybe here....Paul
>>
>> http://www.legacyelectronics.com/pn_search_detail.php?sid=2869
>
> This link seems to indicate 'exactly' that ram and the part number is
> 'Micron' - but the site's listing doesn't say Micron Tech or Micron
> Technology tho'.
>
> But... Micron Technology doesn't have that logo and the micron website
> seems to say to me that all of their part numbers start with MT.
>
> That is very confusing to me, and also, I've seen that pyramid before,
> but I can't remember where or what.
>
>

The module is Legacy Electronics branded. Legacy is a small company
that *makes* memory modules. The web page in question isn't just
reselling someone else's module. (One financials web page claims they
have 50 employees, but that can't be right). The pyramid logo seems to
be theirs. The chips on the module may be Micron chips, but the brand
of the finished module is Legacy Electronics.

Just about anyone can make modules if they want. There is one company
that sells PCB blanks for DIMMs, if you want to get into the business.
You buy a soldering production line, plug PCB blanks and memory chips
into one end, and DIMMs come out the other end. You come up with some
kind of crazy testing scheme for the products (test them in desktop
motherboards for example), put them in a blister pak and you're in
the memory business. Your business fails, because margins are so thin.

You can see a movie of the dudes at Legacy, doing just that. Unzip
and play in Windows Media Player (about 29MB). I got the movie,
just for the sound track :-)

http://www.legacyelectronics.com/movies/Legacy-Movie.zip

The reason a company like Legacy is around, is not because of that
particular module. They are one of the companies that makes specialized
memory modules. There are ways of mounting chips on top of one another,
to make double capacity DIMMs and the like. For a lot of money, a
company that wants to fill a server with memory, could buy some
of those higher-than-normal capacity DIMMs. And that is what would
keep a business like Legacy around. Making ordinary DIMMs would be
pretty pointless, as the Chinese or Taiwanese would eat your lunch.
Still, if you need to keep your production line running, you might
fill part of the capacity with ordinary memory products, even if
you weren't making money from it.

Paul
From: Mike Easter on 13 Jan 2010 18:38
Paul wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>> But... Micron Technology doesn't have that logo

> The module is Legacy Electronics branded. Legacy is a small company
> that *makes* memory modules.

> The chips on the module may be Micron chips, but the brand
> of the finished module is Legacy Electronics.

Ah, so. I get it now. Doh. I neglected the legacy pyramid.

> You can see a movie of the dudes at Legacy, doing just that. Unzip
> and play in Windows Media Player (about 29MB). I got the movie,
> just for the sound track :-)
>
> http://www.legacyelectronics.com/movies/Legacy-Movie.zip

Yes.

> The reason a company like Legacy is around,

Gotcha.


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Mike Easter
From: david on 14 Jan 2010 05:10
On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:47:03 -0800, Mike Easter rearranged some electrons
to say:

> catguy wrote:
>> "larry moe 'n curly"
>
>>> P/N: 34RS13JRMFJ0010 0016456
>>>
>>> P/C: 34-04-00020-R
>>>
>>> Desc: 4GB, 512Mx72, PC3-10600 9-9-9
>>>
>>> It has Micron chips on it (but is definitely not a Micron or Crucial
>>> DIMM) and an Inph brand register chip.
>>>
>>> The logo is a pyramid with horizontal stripes on one face:
>>>
>>> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4268213381_3690d24c0d_o.jpg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Maybe here....Paul
>>
>> http://www.legacyelectronics.com/pn_search_detail.php?sid=2869
>
> This link seems to indicate 'exactly' that ram and the part number is
> 'Micron' - but the site's listing doesn't say Micron Tech or Micron
> Technology tho'.
>
> But... Micron Technology doesn't have that logo and the micron website
> seems to say to me that all of their part numbers start with MT.
>
> That is very confusing to me, and also, I've seen that pyramid before,
> but I can't remember where or what.

Micron makes the memory chips... Legacy assembles the unit.
From: larry moe 'n curly on 14 Jan 2010 10:02


catguy wrote:

> "larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly(a)my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8057aae8-9e93-4c2a-be64-dc25361b67e5(a)e27g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>
> > I'm trying to find the manufacturer of some 4GB DDR3 PC10600
> > registered ECC DIMM, but Internet searches for any of the markings on
> > the label turn up nothing valid:
> >
> > P/N: 34RS13JRMFJ0010 0016456
> >
> > P/C: 34-04-00020-R
> >
> > Desc: 4GB, 512Mx72, PC3-10600 9-9-9
> >
> > It has Micron chips on it (but is definitely not a Micron or Crucial
> > DIMM) and an Inph brand register chip.
> >
> > The logo is a pyramid with horizontal stripes on one face:
> >
> > http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4268213381_3690d24c0d_o.jpg
>
> Maybe here....Paul
>
> http://www.legacyelectronics.com/pn_search_detail.php?sid=2869

That's it! Thanks, Paul.

Funny, but I have an 8-year-old 256MB PC133 module from them, only
there's no triangle logo on it. It's made with 16 wierdo 32Mb x 4
chips, not the usual 16Mb x 8 chips, so it's not fully recognized by
many older motherboards. It was included with a $50 Black Friday
Maxtor 80GB hard drive.
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