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    M9750 + MemTest -- OMGL!

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by iCeD00D, Jun 28, 2009.

  1. iCeD00D

    iCeD00D Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok so I thought I was super hardware guy ( LOL ) until my laptop gave me a run for my money... After seeing some performance issues ( especially in Aion ) I decided to benchmark the box yesterday with MemTest 2.0+ ( Came with CloneZilla ) ..... After taking down some results I'm confused as to some of the findings.. Maybe some of you uber hardware guys out there can decypher it for me. For testing purposes I put 1 2GB stick in each slot and then ran MemTest for 1 pass ... lastly I put back both 2GB sticks in the slots and ran that ... below are the results....

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    Memory - Kingston KVR667D2S5/2G​
    Stick 1 - Dimm Slot 1 | Stick 1 - Dimm Slot 2
    Memory - 2047M | Memory - 2047M
    ECC - Disabled | ECC - Disabled
    FSB - 166 | FSB - 166
    Type - DDR-I | Type - DDR-II
    RAM - 332MHz (DDR-665) | RAM - 332Mhz (DDR-665)
    CAS - 3-2-2-0 | CAS - 5-5-5-15
    Single Channel (64 Bits) | Single Channel ( 64 Bits)

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    Memory - Kingston KVR667D2S5/2G​
    Stick 2 - Dimm Slot 1 | Stick 2 - Dimm Slot 2
    Memory - 2047M | Memory - 2047M
    ECC - Disabled | ECC - Disabled
    FSB - 166 | FSB - 166
    Type - DDR-I | Type - DDR-II
    RAM - 332MHz (DDR-665) | RAM - 332Mhz (DDR-665)
    CAS - 3-2-2-0 | CAS - 5-5-5-15
    Single Channel (64 Bits) | Single Channel ( 64 Bits)
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    Both Sticks
    Memory - 2559M
    ECC - Disabled
    FSB - 166Mhz
    Type - DDR-II
    RAM - 332Mhz (DDR-665)
    CAS - 5-5-5-15
    Dual Channel (Interleaved)
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    As you can see things are pretty much the same except when the RAM is in DIMM2, then the Type is changed to DDR-II and the CAS settings are more... I'm just courious as to see if anyone else has the same type of benchmarking or if I should go out and purchase some better RAM? .... Sorry for the long post...