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    Can my Dell Vostro w/ 2.5 GHz Peryn use DDR2 800 PC6400 Ram?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by beehofer, Mar 24, 2008.

  1. beehofer

    beehofer Newbie

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    Sorry guys, I should have searched better.... Please delete me :)
     
    beehofer, Mar 24, 2008
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  2. d94

    d94 Notebook Evangelist

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    the current chipset out doesnt support it , so it'll downclock it down to 667mhz..it will work ok but it wont work to full potential
     
    d94, Mar 24, 2008
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  3. Awesome laptops

    Awesome laptops Notebook Evangelist

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    you could try contacting dell support however 800 mhz ram will not give a big performance boost at all from any other type of ddr2 memory
     
    Awesome laptops, Mar 24, 2008
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  4. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    there are 10000000... threads like this...use search and then begun new one...
     
    Xirurg, Mar 24, 2008
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  5. Awesome laptops

    Awesome laptops Notebook Evangelist

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    agreed new thread with the same stuff in them clogs up the forum and prevents access to useful material
     
    Awesome laptops, Mar 24, 2008
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  6. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Be nice all, if a bad post it is his only bad post. I on the other hand have many more than 1 bad post. :p :D

    And as said you can use it but will runn at 667Mhz.
     
    powerpack, Mar 24, 2008
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