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    TOUGHBOOK 52 - 800MHz or 667Mhz RAM?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by jorantes, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. jorantes

    jorantes Newbie

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    Can the 52 truly take advantage of 800 Mhz RAM or will it just "underclock" it back down to 667?

    I called the 24/7 toughbook support line and they were clueless.

    From what I understand, the new Santa Rosa chipset FSB runs @ 800Mhz but the "memory controller" runs @ 667, therefore if you install the 800 RAM it will just underclock it to 667...

    I also called the company I purchased my TB from (buytough.com) and they said the reason the 52 ships with 667 RAM from factory and not 800 is because Panasonic's ram supplier gave them a incredible deep discount on the 667.

    Can anyone clear my confusion??? :confused:
     
    jorantes, Mar 22, 2008
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    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    667Mhz no Intel mobile supports 800Mhz.
     
    powerpack, Mar 22, 2008
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  3. jorantes

    jorantes Newbie

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    Thanks for the reply, but Im not really sure what you exactly mean by that... :confused:

    I know I have the santa rosa chipset which from what I read supports 800Mhz FSB, and I have the T7300 Core 2 Duo Processor which also supports 800 Mhz FSB... now what is the "Intel mobile" you speak of...??? Im just trying to figure out which component is the actual bottleneck in this situation, or is there something im not seeing??? TIA
     
    jorantes, Mar 23, 2008
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    bump.... :D
     
    jorantes, Mar 25, 2008
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    Modly Warranty Voider

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    It supports an 800MHz frontside bus, but not an 800MHz memory bus.

    It'll happen eventually, but for now you are stuck with 667MHz ram.
     
    Modly, Mar 25, 2008
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