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    For all Dell owners - what brand of memory did you get?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by sleey0, Oct 9, 2007.

  1. sleey0

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    Just trying to see how many manufacturers Dell uses for their system memory. List your lappies model and RAM manufacturer. Out of the 4 or so Dell systems I have owned:

    Kingston, Samsung - M1330
    Hynix - Gen2/M170/M1710


    Thanks, all!!
     
    sleey0, Oct 9, 2007
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  2. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Sorry, where can you check your RAM's brand?
     
    SmoothTofu, Oct 9, 2007
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  3. jeff0078

    jeff0078 Notebook Consultant

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    Nanya - Vostro 1500
     
    jeff0078, Oct 9, 2007
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Hyundai - Latitude D830

    @ SmoothTofu: You can use CPU-Z.
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 9, 2007
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    Nanya - Inspiron 1520

    @SmoothTofu

    Download CPU-Z, click the SPD tab. It'll give you the brand
     
    dicecca112, Oct 9, 2007
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  6. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Uh ok thanks!~

    Hyundai - Inspiron 1420
     
    SmoothTofu, Oct 9, 2007
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    I have Samsung on Vostro 1400
     
    cell323, Oct 9, 2007
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  8. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    i had samsung and hynix depended on the system it was
     
    zfactor, Oct 9, 2007
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    I have Samsung ram in my 1520
     
    Dragoneye1589, Oct 9, 2007
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  10. Samuel613

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    M1330 (original) - Samsung 2 x 512 MB
    M1330 (replacement) - Hynix 2 x 512 MB

    I immediately swapped each set for a set of (2 x 2GB) 4 GB of Crucial RAM before powering on the systems for the first time.
     
    Samuel613, Oct 10, 2007
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  11. unclebrudy

    unclebrudy Notebook Guru

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    Hynix here. In both the 710m and the 1520.
     
    unclebrudy, Oct 10, 2007
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    i had samsung on the 1st then ProMOS on the second (both vostro 1500's)
     
    nizzy1115, Oct 10, 2007
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    ProMOS Technologies 2 x 512 MB

    Vostro1400
     
    iafzal3, Oct 10, 2007
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    My D630 when shipped -

    2 x 512MB Hynix
     
    cvx5832, Oct 10, 2007
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    1520 - 2x1024Mb Hyundai
    d610 - 2x256Mb Samsung - Replaced with 2x512Mb Corsair
     
    Razor2, Oct 10, 2007
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  16. Triple_Dude

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    Brand doesn't matter so much as the quality (CAS clock, and latency timing, etc). Why not post all the data?

    My brand is Nanya Technologies.
    333Mhz 5-5-5-15-20 (Default speed)
    266Mhz 4-4-4-12-16
    200Mhz 3-3-3-9-12

    This is from a Vostro 1500.
     
    Triple_Dude, Oct 10, 2007
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    DaeScope Newbie

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    some weird brand in my 1720
    MOSEL
     
    DaeScope, Oct 10, 2007
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  18. sleey0

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    Thanks, everyone!

    It seems like Dell uses quite a few suppliers for RAM.

    Tripledude -- I know brand isn't always a significant factor for results, however all 533 and 667 modules run the same latencies (of course, this only applies to laptop memory). I was just wondering what mfs Dell uses, that's all...
     
    sleey0, Oct 10, 2007
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  19. BoulderGeek

    BoulderGeek Notebook Guru

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    I just received my Vostro 1500 with 2x1GB.

    It came with Samsung SODIMMs.

    I then replaced SODIMM B with a Dell branded OEM 2GB SODIMM (because I had a $100 credit at the store). The new unit is a Hynix 2GB unit.

    Interesting thing is, even with an asymmetrical memory config, the system reports I am in dual channel mode with 3GB. <shrug>
     
    BoulderGeek, Oct 10, 2007
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  20. manzi

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    Do you think theres is a big difference in performance between each brand?
     
    manzi, Oct 10, 2007
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    I don't know but I'm happy with the samsung memory!
     
    cell323, Oct 11, 2007
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