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.

    2 MBP RAM questions

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by xGeistx, Oct 17, 2007.

  1. xGeistx

    xGeistx Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I have two questions concerning a RAM upgrade for the MBP.

    1. Is there any way to manually set DRAM timings with the MBP?
    Or to be more precise: will I be able to run RAM that is SPD timed with CL5 (but capable of running at CL4) at CL4 speeds?


    2. Assuming there will be a refresh for the MBP this year (which would of course exclude Penryn) is there any chance this would bring anything faster than PC5300 DDR2 SODIMMs as default memory to use? (before answering please consider that this wouldn´t necessarily mean an automatic increase in FSB mhz).
     
    xGeistx, Oct 17, 2007
    #1
  2. xGeistx

    xGeistx Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    No one? :)
     
    xGeistx, Oct 18, 2007
    #2
  3. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    703
    Messages:
    1,675
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I seriously doubt that Apple would add 800MHz RAM to the Macbook Pro line, or any line for that matter before the FSB is raised frm 667MHz (for RAM)....
     
    Airman, Oct 18, 2007
    #3
  4. Zedr0n

    Zedr0n Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    21
    Messages:
    148
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    hm, well, fsb is 800mhz on SR, no? But it only accepts 667mhz memory now, right? well, the update will only come with montevina then probably
     
    Zedr0n, Oct 18, 2007
    #4
  5. xGeistx

    xGeistx Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Yes sure, thanks for the input. But what about my question no. 1?
     
    xGeistx, Oct 18, 2007
    #5