I put PC2-4200 533mhz sodimm in my Inspiron 6000d

I received my i6000 and replaced the orginal 256mb pc2-3200 400mhz sodimm that it came with two pc2-4200 533mhz sodimm I purchased from crucial.com.

Yes the 533 mhz sodimm works in the 6000d. After installing them the system booted normally. I ran the Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic utility for several passes and it checked out ok. I have been running the laptop all day and no problems with the new memory.

I also ran the benchmark utility SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2005 both before and after I installed the new memory. www.sisoftware.net/sandra/

With the 400mhz I got
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 2742 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 2743 MB/s

With the 533mhz I got
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 2929 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 2937 MB/s

Also when I put the two sodimm in it reported Channels : 2 and BIOS setup also reported dual mode operation.

I will post the entire benchmark results both with the single 400mhz and dual 533mhz (maybe I should try with only one 533mhz also) in seperate posts if anyone is interested in the finer details.

So as you can see for yourself the difference in speed is just amazing. Well maybe not that amazing but the way I look at it it only cost me about 30 dollars more. The memory upgrade to 1gig from dell was 250 at the time I ordered and the memory from crucial was about 280 so no big deal. Even it there is little real difference I have piece of mind that it is the fastest possible.


Inspiron 6000d
PM 760(2.0GHz)
15.4" WSXGA+
1 GB RAM (pc2-4200 533mhz from crucial, it works)
64MB ATI X300
60GB 7,200 RPM
CDRW/DVD
Bluetooth
2200
XP pro

 

These are the results with the two pc2-4200 533mhz sodimm purchased from crucial.com.

SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 2929 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 2937 MB/s

Int Buff'd iSSE2 (Integer STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 2890MB/s
Scaling : 2903MB/s
Addition : 3011MB/s
Triad : 2914MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 69% (estimated)

Float Buff'd iSSE2 (Float STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 2918MB/s
Scaling : 2891MB/s
Addition : 2989MB/s
Triad : 2953MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 69% (estimated)

Performance Test Status
Run ID : PORTABLE on Saturday, March 12, 2005 at 6:34:47 PM
Memory Used by Test : 512MB
NUMA Support : No
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
Multi-Core Test : No
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : PP0
Page Size : 4kB
Use Large Memory Pages : No

Chipset 1
Model : Dell Computer Corp ??? (2590)
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 4256MB/s (estimated)

Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks
Bank 0 : 256MB DDR2-SDRAM 4.0-4-4-12 1CMD
Bank 1 : 256MB DDR2-SDRAM 4.0-4-4-12 1CMD
Bank 4 : 256MB DDR2-SDRAM 4.0-4-4-12 1CMD
Bank 5 : 256MB DDR2-SDRAM 4.0-4-4-12 1CMD
Channels : 2
Speed : 4x 266MHz (1064MHz data rate)
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 17024MB/s (estimated)

Features
(W)MMX Technology : Yes
SSE Technology : Yes
SSE2 Technology : Yes
SSE3 Technology : No
EMMX - Extended MMX Technology : No
HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology : No


Inspiron 6000d
PM 760(2.0GHz)
15.4" WSXGA+
1 GB RAM (pc2-4200 533mhz from crucial, it works)
64MB ATI X300
60GB 7,200 RPM
CDRW/DVD
Bluetooth
2200
XP pro

 

Thanks!

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Inspiron 6000d
PM 750(1.86GHz)
15.4" WSXGA+
1 GB RAM
128MB ATI X300
60GB 7,200 RPM
DVD burner
Bluetooth...yada yada

 

Results with the single pc2-3200 400mhz that shipped from dell.

SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 2742 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 2743 MB/s

Int Buff'd iSSE2 (Integer STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 2761MB/s
Scaling : 2787MB/s
Addition : 2711MB/s
Triad : 2712MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 64% (estimated)

Float Buff'd iSSE2 (Float STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 2771MB/s
Scaling : 2769MB/s
Addition : 2687MB/s
Triad : 2748MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 64% (estimated)

Performance Test Status
Run ID : PORTABLE on Friday, March 11, 2005 at 10:31:49 AM
Memory Used by Test : 128MB
NUMA Support : No
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
Multi-Core Test : No
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : PP0
Page Size : 4kB
Use Large Memory Pages : No

Chipset 1
Model : Dell Computer Corp ??? (2590)
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 4256MB/s (estimated)

Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks
Bank 0 : 256MB DDR2-SDRAM 5.0-3-3-8 1CMD
Channels : 1
Speed : 4x 199MHz (796MHz data rate)
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 6368MB/s (estimated)

Features
(W)MMX Technology : Yes
SSE Technology : Yes
SSE2 Technology : Yes
SSE3 Technology : No
EMMX - Extended MMX Technology : No
HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology : No


Inspiron 6000d
PM 760(2.0GHz)
15.4" WSXGA+
1 GB RAM (pc2-4200 533mhz from crucial, it works)
64MB ATI X300
60GB 7,200 RPM
CDRW/DVD
Bluetooth
2200
XP pro

 

Steven, can you run the benchmark for 1 stick of DDR2-533? I would expect the single channel result to be the same as your dual-channel result.

If you ever get the chance, it would also be interesting to see the result for 2xDDR2-400. That should also be the same as 2xDDR2-533.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by dellbert

 

Results with a single PC2-4200 533mhz sodimm installed. Why is this fater than when I had two installed. hmm..


SiSoftware Sandra

Benchmark Results
RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 2995 MB/s
RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 3005 MB/s

Int Buff'd iSSE2 (Integer STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 2978MB/s
Scaling : 2981MB/s
Addition : 3023MB/s
Triad : 2999MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 70% (estimated)

Float Buff'd iSSE2 (Float STREAM) Results Breakdown
Assignment : 2978MB/s
Scaling : 2983MB/s
Addition : 3047MB/s
Triad : 3015MB/s
Data Item Size : 16 byte(s)
Buffering Used : Yes
Offset Displacement Used : Yes
Bandwidth Efficiency : 71% (estimated)

Performance Test Status
Run ID : PORTABLE on Sunday, March 13, 2005 at 12:47:22 PM
Memory Used by Test : 256MB
NUMA Support : No
SMP Test : No
Total Test Threads : 1
Multi-Core Test : No
SMT Test : No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance : No
Processor Affinity : PP0
Page Size : 4kB
Use Large Memory Pages : No

Chipset 1
Model : Dell Computer Corp ??? (2590)
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 133MHz (532MHz data rate)
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 4256MB/s (estimated)

Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks
Bank 0 : 256MB DDR2-SDRAM 5.0-4-4-12 1CMD
Bank 1 : 256MB DDR2-SDRAM 5.0-4-4-12 1CMD
Channels : 1
Speed : 4x 266MHz (1064MHz data rate)
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 8512MB/s (estimated)

Features
(W)MMX Technology : Yes
SSE Technology : Yes
SSE2 Technology : Yes
SSE3 Technology : No
EMMX - Extended MMX Technology : No
HTT - Hyper-Threading Technology : No



Inspiron 6000d
PM 760(2.0GHz)
15.4" WSXGA+
1 GB RAM (pc2-4200 533mhz from crucial, it works)
64MB ATI X300
60GB 7,200 RPM
CDRW/DVD
Bluetooth
2200
XP pro

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Steven

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by mooselander

Steven, I'm wondering what, if any effect running 533 RAM has had on your CPU performance.
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I don't know, how would I tell if the CPU performance was effected?


Inspiron 6000d
PM 760(2.0GHz)
15.4" WSXGA+
1 GB RAM (pc2-4200 533mhz from crucial, it works)
64MB ATI X300
60GB 7,200 RPM
CDRW/DVD
Bluetooth
2200
XP pro

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Steven

 

The CPU performance should be the same. It's the same Dothan core in the earlier Centrino and the newer Sonoma platform. The only difference is bus timing, which means that's your CPU will read/write memory a little faster than the earlier Dothans.

And thanks for that data, Steven -- that's pretty much what I expected:

1xDDR2-533 = 2xDDR2-533 = 2xDDR2-400 > 1xDDR2-400

 

hi steve!

i have a dell inspiron 6000(d?) with the following config:
how do i know if my system is 6000 or 6000d? what is the difference?
also, i want to upgrade my memory to 1GB PC2-4200 533MHz single DIMM module. based on my system config (intel pentium m 730) can i upgrade my memory to the one i have mentioned? which memory should i go for kingston, crucial, ....???

Inspiron 6000(d?)
PM 730(1.6 GHz)
15.4" WUXGA
512 MB RAM (pc2-3200 400mhz default from dell)
128MB ATI X300
60GB 7,200 RPM
XP pro

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Steven

 

Steven,

I'm thinking about buying a 1GB (1x1024MB) DDR2 module to upgrade to 533MHz as well.

The module that I'm looking at is PC-4200 (533MHz) at CL4.

My current module (the one I'm gonna swap out) in my I6000 is 400MHz at CL3.

From your knowledge, will I still see a big speed increase going from 400MHZ CL3 to 533MHz CL4? (I'm not too sure about the CAS latency).