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    Max suported Memory D900C confused.

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by boogey, Mar 1, 2008.

  1. boogey

    boogey Newbie

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    Hi.
    i took a look in Sisoft Sandra and was surprised that the Clevo Motherboard has 4 memory slots & supports up to 8Gb,

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    i thought that it only was 2 slots & supported up to 4Gb

    note havent opened my levo ;)


    Happy owner of an Clevo D900C, Q6600, 4Gb, 8800m GTX, 200Gb, mettallic blue
     
    boogey, Mar 1, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    it only has 2 physical RAM slots... which maxes at 4GB (2x2GB)
     
    Gophn, Mar 1, 2008
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  3. boogey

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    Thats what i tought ;)

    Some error i Sisoft Sandra
     
    boogey, Mar 1, 2008
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    Supposition : The chipset is for desktops, but in order to be used for the laptop has been altered to fit. So max memory is 2X2gb=4gb until 4 gb sticks will be released(maybe)
     
    eleron911, Mar 1, 2008
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    These will work, however, due to chipset limitations, you will only see about 6.8GB's
     
    theriko, Sep 23, 2008
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Beat me to the punch. :D

    Just so's this wasn't a totally useless post - the 6.8GB limit comes in b/c of logical address limitations in the chipset.
     
    Shyster1, Sep 23, 2008
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    Correct, 4GB DIMMs are readily available providing support for 8GB DDR-667MHZ RAM (4GB SODIMMs are only available in 667, not 800MHz) but because the maximum addressable memory of the Intel 965 chipset is also 8GB you will see around 6.5 depending on GPU combination etc.
     
    Neil@Kobalt, Sep 23, 2008
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    ur probably better off sticking to 4gb Ddr2 800 since u wont use 6.8 and 800 is slightly faster than th 667 for the processes u WILL use it on
     
    Doodles, Sep 23, 2008
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    Doodles Starving Student

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    i JUST bought off newegg two sticks of OCZ 4 gb 800 mhz for 50 bux... good price, good ram... just installed it yesterday. Memtested. no BSODs... everythings faster. 4gb is def. worth getting for vista...
     
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    total 4GB (2x2GB) or 8GB (2x4GB)?

    Does it show on your D900c 8GB?

    im just curious, since i wont upgrade yet anyhow, but maybe later when the prices gone down on them high dens SoDimms
     
    boogey, Oct 1, 2008
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    oh.. so sorry... 4 gb as in 2x2... mah bad... the fact that it was 50 bux should have gave that away tho. u dont need 8gb rite now.. NO ONE does.. except ppl who buy the server version of this, thats a diff story.
     
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    pasoleatis Notebook Deity

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    Will it work one stick of 2GB and one stick of 4GB? what about dual channel?

    PL
     
    pasoleatis, Oct 1, 2008
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  15. Shane@DARK.

    Shane@DARK. Company Representative

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    A stick of 2GB and one of 4GB should work, however it will not be dual channel.
     
    Shane@DARK., Oct 1, 2008
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    Dual Channel should be Asymmetric. (?!)
     
    Andy, Oct 1, 2008
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    Actually, for best compatibility dual-channel modules should be identical. However, you are correct, it is possible for asymmetrical dual-channel performance.
     
    Shane@DARK., Oct 1, 2008
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  18. Andy

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    AFAIK, Intel Flex Memory and the newer MCHs (eg. 82P965) are forgiving. :)
    But, its good to have Modules with similar memory chips.

    IMO, DC - True or Asymmetric, the boost in bandwidth will not be noticeable in Real-World Performance.
     
    Andy, Oct 1, 2008
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  19. Shane@DARK.

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    Definitely agree on that.
     
    Shane@DARK., Oct 1, 2008
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