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    Dell RAM 2gb.... for 1420's..... is this speed compatible??

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by onlycurious, Nov 25, 2007.

  1. onlycurious

    onlycurious Notebook Consultant

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    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7250 (2MB cache/2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB)
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
    DISPLAY Anti-glare, widescreen 14.1 inch display (1280x800)
    VIDEO CARD Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
    MEMORY 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz

    Will this system support 2gb DDR2 RAM at 800MHz? ***800MHz*** is the question... will it support this RAM speed?
     
    onlycurious, Nov 25, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    No it will not support the speed (2gb yes, but not 800MHz). If you use that ram, it will automatically downclock it to 667MHz.

    So really, there's no point in spending more money on 800MHz ram. Stick with 667 from the get-go.
     
    adinu, Nov 25, 2007
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    onlycurious Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, now I know I should order the 667MHz RAM. :) Rep for you.
     
    onlycurious, Nov 25, 2007
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  4. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    How do you find out the speed of RAM that the it supports?
     
    SmoothTofu, Nov 25, 2007
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  5. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Look at the chipset.

    Come to think of it. What mobile chipset DOES support 800 speed memory?
     
    surfasb, Nov 25, 2007
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  6. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    None. There are no notebooks that support 800MHz ram aside from those 17" monstrosities that use a desktop cpu.
     
    adinu, Nov 25, 2007
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