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    New Laptop RAM underclocking itself too much?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by megatard, May 31, 2007.

  1. megatard

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    I bought Corsair 2 x 1GB DDR2 667 PC2-5300 for my Sony VAIO VGN-SZ160P.

    Now originally it had Nanya DDR2 533 2 x 512MB PC2-4200, when looking at getting upgraded RAM this stuff was on sale and I figured the worst that would happen at getting faster RAM would be that it would underclock to DDR2 533 PC2-4200 speeds. It has actually underclocked itself to DDR2 333 according to CPU-Z and I can tell.

    I rebooted into the BIOS but I don't see any way to change the speeds am I not looking hard enough??

    Is there another way to up the speed??

    Am I just screwed, and if that is the case how lenient is newegg's return policy :).

    I appreciate any help at all and thanks in advance,

    Andrew
     
    megatard, May 31, 2007
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    ejl fudge

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    it's reporting what it is supposed to report. you need to multiply 333 mhz by 2 (hence ddr2) to get 667
     
    ejl, May 31, 2007
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    hahaha thanks alot
     
    megatard, May 31, 2007
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