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    What the heck? My A8Jm has 1x1GB

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by rwei, Jul 26, 2006.

  1. rwei

    rwei Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe I missed something but I don't remember seeing a post about this in the forums. Even on MilestonePC it's still listed as 2x512MB. I bought it around July 3 from ncix, shipped a little later.

    I noticed on boot that I was running single channel and downloaded CPU-Z to investigate why...turns out I have 1 1GB DIMM, meaning no dual channel for me. Darrick, that would explain why my 3DMark05 scores are a tad lower at equivalent settings ;)

    I guess it's good for upgrading purposes but a part of me doubts whether I'll ever upgrade.
     
    rwei, Jul 26, 2006
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  2. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Eh? that's nice.... I wonder if it's an A8Jm refresh? ... anything else different than the regular A8Jm?

    Well, you might wanna upgrade when Vista eventually gets released, prob require 2 GB minimum and 4 GB recommended hahahaha
     
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    lol you are mad? haha i would be jumping in joy lol
     
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  4. Darrick

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    Hey Ran, you seem to have gotten a special version of the A8Jm :) , mind checking the A8Jm version at the bottom of your notebook? A8Jm Hxxx something...
     
    Darrick, Jul 26, 2006
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    I also have 1x1 GB of DDR533. I have A8Jm-H009H.
     
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    rwei Notebook Consultant

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    ^ Ditto, A8Jm-H009H. In response to the above, I'm not really angry about it, I'm kind of ambivalent. I was in a similar bind a while ago with my desktop which had 1x512 RAM (in the days when 512 was enough) and I sort of wished that it had 2x256 for dual channel.

    I mean it's good for the future but that doesn't help me now and the simple fact is that it's slower lol. How much is a 1GB stick these days, and how can I check compatibility? Would speed and timings be enough?
     
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    From what I've read, in real world usage dual channel gives a very incremental performance increase. 5% or less. Although in certain memory tests it does give 60-85% performance boosts, however these aren't very good simulations of normal computer usage
     
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  8. Darrick

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    I think you should be happy that it's 1x1GB, since most ppl don't want 2x512 (upgrades meaning have to discard either 1 or both mem sticks) :)

    1 GB notebook RAM isn't too expensive nowadays I think, you prob can check some of the online sites, I'd say about 100-150 bucks?

    You might have to open up the RAM compartment to check the model of your RAM stick and try to find the same one to ensure compatibility.
     
    Darrick, Jul 27, 2006
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