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.

    Is there Dual channel on the A105-S101?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by on_yur_6, Jan 24, 2006.

  1. on_yur_6

    on_yur_6 Newbie

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello everyone, first post on this site.

    I'll receive my A105-S101 from BB this Thursday. Does this laptop have the capability to run in dual channel mode for the RAM?

    I also purchased 2, 1G sticks of G.SKILL 1GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Notebook Memory Model F2-4200PHU1-1GBSA - Retail from Newegg.

    If this notebook has the dual channel capability I think I should be able to run it with the RAM I purchased.
     
    on_yur_6, Jan 24, 2006
    #1
  2. Jenson

    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    677
    Messages:
    663
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yes your laptop has the capability to run dual channel and will with the RAM you ordered. You should get a very nice performance boost by upgrading to 2GB, it should make a nice all-around machine. Are you planning on gaming with it? It will play most of today's games at low settings, but if you are a gamer you need a full fledged dedicated card. If you are video editing or rendering though, that will be a nice machine for that. Let us know how you like it.

    Matt
     
    Jenson, Jan 24, 2006
    #2
  3. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    464
    Messages:
    3,221
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Yes - you'll certainly benefit from a memory upgrade, although the dual-channel won't help too much performance wise. If you're a gamer, then I second what jenson has said - look for a notebook with a dedicated GPU.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Jan 24, 2006
    #3
  4. tom_handheld

    tom_handheld Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    116
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    The answer may disappoint you. I have the same model, bought from BB. I used the CPUz applet to check if the memory features dual channels, but there's no such an indication. In addition, I read it online somewhere saying that this type of Radeon ATI chipset doesn't support Dual-Channel functionality.


     
    tom_handheld, Jan 28, 2006
    #4