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    8gb 800mhz ram in a m1530?????

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by owais, Dec 11, 2008.

  1. owais

    owais Notebook Deity

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    check the uk dell site.

    you can add 8gb of 800mhz ram?
    whys that when you can only use 667 on the current processors that are in there?

    maybe they might actually just add centrino 2 processors to the m1530?
    i wouldnt mind, and i would probably buy one, as i cant be bothered waiting for the magical studio 13/16.

    i quite like the m1530 design, so i hope they now add the processors and graphics card, and im buying one :)
     
    owais, Dec 11, 2008
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    plasma. herpyderpy

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    The 800mhz RAM auto downclocks back to 667mhz.
     
    plasma., Dec 11, 2008
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  3. owais

    owais Notebook Deity

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    i just checked the m1730, they have up to 6gb of 800mhz, so possibly something is happening.
    the m1330 also has up to 8gb 800mhz.

    though, cant the old santa rosa processors only use up to 4gb 667??

    although there is a mistake on the m1730 if you check. they think 2x250gb HDD makes 5000gb option and it just costs £10 more then 400gb
     
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    the santa rosa motherboard is limited to 667mhz...

    and u cant add montevina processors to the m1530

    @owais... the 8600 is probably the highest card on the m1530 until they redesign a newer XPS line with montevina...
     
    paper_wastage, Dec 11, 2008
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    As said the 965GM/PM chipset supports upto 8GB DDR2-667. DDR2-800 will downclock to DDR2-667.

    If a new motherboard comes out for the M1530, Dell might as well install it in a new XPS model.
    The Santa-Rosa platform does not support the Penryn-Refresh CPUs and the GPU is not swappable/upgradeable because it is soldered to the motherboard.
     
    Andy, Dec 11, 2008
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  6. kal_ash_nikov

    kal_ash_nikov Notebook Enthusiast

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    As its on a Santa Rosa platform, the chipset on the M1530 only supports DDR2 PC5300 (667mhz) RAM.

    You can read it on intels site...

    intel.com/products/notebook/chipsets/945gm/945gm-overview.htm

    hope this helps,

    Ash
     
    kal_ash_nikov, Dec 11, 2008
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  7. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Dell probably bought a mass amount of DDR-800mhz modules for a cheaper cost.

    Now seeing as this RAM is backward compatible with DDR2 667mhz notebooks. They probably just decided to put it down as 800mhz in the website just to make the specs look better.

    Reality is, it will only run on 667mhz
     
    flipfire, Dec 11, 2008
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  8. Edtek

    Edtek Notebook Guru

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    So currently I have 3 gb of PC5300 667Mhz memory in my M1530.

    With the latest BIOS I can go to 8GB?

    I have BIOS A12 installed.

    That would seriously help with memory hungry programs like Expression Web 2 and Adobe CS4..

    My T8300 processor is fast enough, but memory has always been an issue.
     
    Edtek, Dec 13, 2008
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  9. lindstroem

    lindstroem Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, as long as you have the newest BIOS and have 62bit OS installed, otherwise you wont be able to utilize more than 3,6gb och ram. :)
     
    lindstroem, Dec 13, 2008
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    rflcptr Notebook Consultant

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    A 32-bit system can directly address 4GB (2^32 bytes). The amount usable for other processes or the OS itself is the address space barrier of 4GB minus whatever amount happens to be mapped for memory-mapped I/O.

    Point is, 4GB is being utilized. :)
     
    rflcptr, Dec 13, 2008
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