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    Sony Vaio SR290 RAM Upgrade Questions

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by USFCompGeek, Jan 29, 2009.

  1. USFCompGeek

    USFCompGeek Notebook Enthusiast

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    Looking to upgrade the RAM.

    Here it goes. CAS Latency. I have heard that in some cases if the processor and motherboard do not support a certain CL timing it becomes a moot point to get anything over CL5 or CL6.

    Here is what I was thinking of getting....

    http://www.kingston.com/hyperx/products/khx_sodimm.asp

    Kingston HyperX Notebook Memory 2 gb x 2 PC2-6400 DDR2 800 with a CL4 and Latency Timings of 4-4-4-12. Will the SR290 be able to handle CL4?

    Let me know. Thanks.
     
    USFCompGeek, Jan 29, 2009
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    Nobody knows?
     
    USFCompGeek, Jan 30, 2009
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    I do not know if your notebook will actually be using CL4.

    But i know for a fact that it will gladly accept those modules and run at the lower possible timing at 1.8v.

    I have the same modules in my vaio, and it runs CL4. Though you won't notice nor see any difference between cl4 and cl6 for an instance.
     
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    Thanks for the assistance. I appreciate it.
     
    USFCompGeek, Jan 30, 2009
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    Primes Notebook Deity

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    you could always run CPUZ and find out what ram / voltage / timings your notebook has now.
     
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    Just run CPUZ and look at the CPU timings correct? If the CPU timings show CL4 then with CL4 ram I should get CL4 timings throughout my system. Makes sense. Thanks.
     
    USFCompGeek, Feb 1, 2009
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