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    LG P300 Memory upgrade issue

    Discussion in 'LG' started by IanF, Oct 30, 2008.

  1. IanF

    IanF Newbie

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    I have one of the earlier models of P300 (U.APB1A9), with 2gb of ram. After two or three months of use i started getting blue screens linked to memory, as confirmed by memory tests using "ultimate boot CD" suite and the vista test.

    For a variety of reasons (i have a post about this in the P300 service thread) i upgraded it myself to 4gb.

    The issue is that after the upgrade the Microsoft experience index is down to 4.1 on account of the memory's sub-score of that number. I don't remember what the memory sub-score was ( could someone please post?) but i know my total score was 5.1.

    I noticed after the fact that the memory sold to me by the salesperson is "Kingston RMN2 - 667/2G compatible 667Mhz PC5400" but the P300 is PC5300-S2. The speed is right but could the PC5400 be the reason?

    I then bought a new 2G stick, Comstar(Crucial, 2GB PC2 5300/4200), installed it by itself and the index is still 4.1. Could this be explained because only one RAM slot is used? I'm not clear on how dual channel works.

    If i mix the Comstar with one Kingston, still 4.1. This has me perplexed. Yes i go into bios each time to make sure it detected the change, but there are no memory settings - should i find a bios tweaking software?

    Last thing, if i cannot get this back up to 5.1 (except by shipping it back to LG, unthinkable because of delays), should i suspect something else besides a motherboard component problem?

    Thanks for your thoughts!
     
    IanF, Oct 30, 2008
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    You should never trust Windows Experience Index. It's extremely unreliable and pretty much a useless tool to benchmark your laptop's performance. I wouldn't worry at all :)
    If you want to test your system's performance try use PCmark05 or PCmarkVantage.
     
    David, Oct 30, 2008
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    SpeedyMods Notebook Deity

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    Ditto that, WEI is useless.
     
    SpeedyMods, Oct 30, 2008
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    IanF Newbie

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    Sorry for the tardiness, was away from the net for 3 weeks.

    Yes i agree that WEI is useless but my point is that i had run it before and after and the memory value is not the same. So something has changed. I had run WEI a few times before changing the ram and the score was constant.

    Thanks for any input (or the memory component score for a factory LG P300)
     
    IanF, Nov 22, 2008
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