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    Forcing the RAM

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by ZACK02, Mar 16, 2012.

  1. ZACK02

    ZACK02 Notebook Consultant

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    I dunno if anyone ask this before.. but how can I force my RAM to work at 1600? is dangerous to my laptop? there is some tutorial or somethig? thanks for your help.
     
    ZACK02, Mar 16, 2012
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  2. owatch15

    owatch15 Notebook Consultant

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    You can't. It won't clock any faster. You'll destroy it or wear it out pretty fast if you try. 1033 to 1600 is a good 67 million hertz faster. Not what your RAM is meant to handle
     
    owatch15, Mar 16, 2012
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  3. c69k

    c69k Notebook Deity

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    Zack, can you first post a picture of CPU-Z for ram?
     

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  4. smokeydogsmokey

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    remeber you need to double most reported figures on ram if it says its running 800mhz and u have 1600mhz its running at 1600mhz
     
    smokeydogsmokey, Mar 17, 2012
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    Expanded for understanding...

    Your ram is DDR ram, which means double data rate. This translates into data being transmitted on the rise and fall of the clock, vs sdr which only transmits on the rise of the clock.

    So, your ram is really running at 800mhz, but its effective rate is 1600mhz, as it does 2 instructions per clock cycle vs sdr doing only 1 instruction per cycle.
     
    bluefalcon13, Mar 17, 2012
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