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Memory speed rip-off?
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:51 am
by Sovereign
I bought a new G.Skill 2GB DDR2-667 kit for my laptop (Inspiron E1505). The memory works, at DDR2-533! What's with that? You can order 667MHz parts installed at build...I've checked for BIOS updates but didn't find anything new. Is there a way to force this RAM to run at its rated speed?
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:38 am
by kenc51
Your CPU only supports DDR533 ram!
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:56 am
by Apoptosis
laptops are not like desktops... they have no memory dividers and you can only run what the BIOS is locked at.
If you bought this pre-built then call the builder and ask for the price difference between the 533 and 667 to be refunded to you.
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:18 pm
by Sovereign
You could order my laptop (with that particular CPU) with DDR2-667 from Dell, so I'm guessing with the right BIOS it might work...now the question is where to get said BIOS...
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:09 pm
by brites
That's quite hod!!! by this review
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.a ... iron+e1505 the FSB is 667mhz so there is no reason for your dell to do just 533... give a close look to the bios setup... and see if there is nothing wrong with it
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:17 pm
by skier
yeah, but that site says the proc is 2.0 GHz not 1.7, the ram cannot go faster than the processors FSB, the same at most
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:29 pm
by brites
ok... that's a small detail because on the DELL site all the config's of 1505 have FSB 667
Quote from Dell Site
"Processors Learn More
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T7400
(2.16GHz/667MHz FSB/4MB Cache)
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T7200
(2GHz/667MHz FSB/4MB Cache)
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T5600
(1.83GHz/667MHz FSB/2MB L2 Cache) "
i believe it's the T5600 he is talking about
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:30 pm
by brites