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MindZiper   10-31-2009 at 10:42:43 PM

I'm on an ASUS F8 Sp-X1 with an upgraded CPU (T8300).
I just upgraded it's ram to two 2GB PC2-6400. But the RAM runs at 333Mhz.

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I checked BIOS, but it has no memory configurations or anything. What could I do?

PS. Crucial scan says my laptop does in fact support PC2-6400

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ill b ben   11-01-2009 at 12:32:53 AM

Well firt off , ddr stands for double data rate so that 333 actually equals 667mhz, wich is rather standard for laptops

i reckon it does let it run it just not at those speeds, like its doing now. I dont know what chipset your laptop uses but with that you could find out if it actually can run at tha speed

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MindZiper   11-01-2009 at 12:47:11 AM

You are right. I just checked everest and indeed it says 667. Thanks.

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apache_lives   11-01-2009 at 02:34:59 AM

systems need to run memory in ratio so reguardless of 800mhz (400x2 aka Double Data Rate - DDR) the system is running it the way it should.

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MindZiper   11-01-2009 at 02:49:57 AM

apache_lives wrote :

systems need to run memory in ratio so reguardless of 800mhz (400x2 aka Double Data Rate - DDR) the system is running it the way it should.




Forgot to multiply the speed by two, but it was still running under what I expected. I'll never trust crucial scanner again. Everest seems to be more accurate. At least I paid about 6 dollars over the slower RAM. Not that much of a difference.

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iX_aND   11-01-2009 at 03:04:16 AM

i have same problem too...but already search that laptop much stable at 333MHz than 400MHz and sometimes even i use the 400 it only run on 333

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