The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Intel C2D T7300, Chiset GL40, RAM PC6400 but downclocked to 667MHz...why?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by naton, Jun 11, 2011.

  1. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    806
    Messages:
    2,044
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I installed an Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 on laptop with and Intel GL40 Chipset. I'm using as RAM one module of DDR2 PC6400. I don't understand why the RAM is downclocked to 667MHz.
    Isn't the GL40 supposed to support the PC6400? Isn't it supposed to run it at 800MHZ (i.e. FSB/DRAM divider 1:2 instead of 3:5)?
     
    naton, Jun 11, 2011
    #1
  2. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

    Reputations:
    513
    Messages:
    1,322
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    ramgen, Jun 11, 2011
    #2
  3. naton

    naton Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    806
    Messages:
    2,044
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    56
    I tried with three hynix stiks with the same specs. Could it be that the laptop doesn't like hynix RAM?
     
    naton, Jun 11, 2011
    #3