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    Any one brought the 800 Mhz Kingston ram for his T61 on newegg?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by tetete, Jun 10, 2007.

  1. tetete

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    No point, even if you buy it, it'll clock itself down to 667mhz.
     
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    Why are they even selling DDR2-800 if none of today's laptops can use it?
     
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    Intel's reason for not allowing 800mhz fsb is it'll use to much power (although the kingston ram has the same voltage as other ram).

    The only reason I would think in buying this ram is if you would like to take a chance at getting lower 4-4-4-12 timings.
     
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    It still could be true about the power.

    FSB itself requires power as all it is is power :)
     
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    Just to clarify: the FSB is simply a set of data lines that share the same purpose. They're clocked by a clocking signal set by the bios called the FSB clock. The FSB itself is not a clock. It is simply that the data lines are clocked by the FSB clocking signal. As you increase the FSB (and processor clock), you linearly increase power consumption.

    The increased clock might cause more power draw than it can safely handle, I don't know.
     
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    I don't know. It's not software. It might be a limitation set in the bios but it's certainly not a limitation set by software as in software running on top of an operating system.
     
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