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August 18th, 2005 09:00

Memory for Inspiron 6000

Hi there,
 
I am using a Dell Inspiron 6000 with 1 piece 512Mb DDR2 533Mhz ram.
 
I am thinking of adding another 512Mb or 1Gb ram.
 
However, I found that in the market there are 2 types of DDR2 ram (PC-4200 & PC-4300 both 533Mhz).
 
Does anyone know what type of DDR2 ram goes in a Inspiron 6000?
 
Can we mix PC-4200 & PC-4300 ram together?
 
Cheers
Oracbase
  • bacillus

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    Posted August 18th, 2005 09:00

    just curious but how did you get that ram as Dell normally supplies 400Mhz ram with the 6000 series?
    the 533Mhz ram usually is reserved for the 9300 and xps models!
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    Posted August 18th, 2005 10:00

    Hi Bac,

    I ordered this 6000 in Singapore. The configuration says its DDR2 533Mhz.

    I have not open up the ram module to have a look.

    Cheers

    Oracbase

  • bacillus

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    Posted August 18th, 2005 10:00

    could you run CPU-Z to double check and post back?

    http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php

    ideally you want to use 2 sticks of ram of the same capacity, timings & speed to have the benefit of dual channel support.

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    Posted August 18th, 2005 11:00

  • Oracbase

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    Posted August 19th, 2005 04:00

    Hi Bac,

    Sorry for the late reply
    Here is the info of my memory:
    Memory Type DDR2
    Memory Size 512 MBytes
    Memory Frequency 266.0 MHz (1:2)
    CAS# 4.0
    RAS# to CAS# 4
    RAS# Precharge 4
    Cycle Time (tRAS) 12

    General
    Memory type DDR2-SDRAM
    Manufacturer (ID) Hyundai Electronics (AD00000000000000)
    Size 512 MBytes
    Max bandwidth PC4300 (266 MHz)

    Is that really 266Mhz or 533Mhz?

    Cheers
    Oracbase
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    Posted August 19th, 2005 07:00

    Hi Bacillus,

    Thanks for that cool program.

    I have checked the part no. of the RAM on hynix.com, and can confirm its a DDR2 533Mhz chip.

    Strange thing that the cpuz progam reported that my RAM is PC-4300, but when I did a physical check on the RAM chip, it has PC-4200 printed on it.

    Thanks

    Oracbase

  • bacillus

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    Posted August 19th, 2005 09:00

    I'm glad to hear you like the programme.