System Hardware Upgrade Analyzer

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Mark D. VandenBerg

Has anybody tried the hardware analyzer from GoldenRam.com? They claim
their software can be deployed on a network and analyze every computer on
the network, identify what type and amount of RAM is installed in each,
recommend upgrades and then sell them to you from their inventory.
Thoughts?
 
I can't see it working without installing something on all the clients. It
may be activex, java, whatever but there would have to be something on the
client. Even then there would probably be some misidentification. The amount
of ram is easy but making sure whatever you get is compatible with what's
installed is not easy even when you have the chips right in front of you.
 
I listened to an interview with the owner of the company. They have been in
business for many years producing and selling RAM to resellers. He said in
the last six years he has been developing this idea and has compiled a
database of virtually every pc offered by model number and the amount and
type of RAM each one can be configured with. There is a downloadable app
available on his website. I tried it and it correctly identified the three
units I have networked by model, the correct amount of RAM in each and the
recommendations were also correct. Interesting application.

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Mark

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Kerry Brown said:
I can't see it working without installing something on all the clients. It
may be activex, java, whatever but there would have to be something on the
client. Even then there would probably be some misidentification. The
amount of ram is easy but making sure whatever you get is compatible with
what's installed is not easy even when you have the chips right in front of
you.
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But what if you have changed or already added to the type of RAM that came
from the factory? I am sure that the app can identify the motherboard and
tell you what RAM is supported. Can it identify the brand and type of RAM
installed and recommend compatible RAM? I upgrade alot of computers and
sometimes upgrading RAM is not as easy as it should be. Sometimes it comes
down to trial and error.
 
Two of the three units I have did already have more than the factory
original RAM installed, and the app correctly identified the installed
amount, not the factory default amount. It does not identify the brand-name
of the installed RAM (that I could see, anyway) but it seems to identify the
type and speed of the RAM in each unit successfully. If I had a larger
network to play with, I'd try it in some sort of safe environment, but I
don't, so I can't. Also reads and displays other hardware, like hard drive
size and things, along with recommendations to upgrade them too.

I guess the whole project started because the guy was tired of restocking
hundreds of returned products a day because resellers (CDW) were ordering
the wrong sku, since they didn't know either. So he builds this database,
then figures he may as well make money from it, so he builds the app.
Claims he has spent several million on the whole project.

Sorry for sounding like a shill, I just think this is a very interesting
idea and could save the real IT pros like yourself hundreds of hours if it
actually works on a large network.
 
I agree it's an interesting idea. I'm not knocking it. I was playing the
devil's advocate. I would like to see it work. I'll check it out. If I find
anything different from your results I'll update the thread.
 
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