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December 8th, 2005 19:00

B130 memory issue

It appears that the b130 bios is only reporting my memory speed at 400mhz and it should be 533mhz.  I've verfied the memory stick is a 533mhz.  Has anyone else experience this?  Is the a fix for this?
 
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    ejn63

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    Posted December 8th, 2005 20:00

    Do you have a Celeron-M CPU?
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    Posted December 8th, 2005 20:00

    no..its the pentium M 740
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    Posted December 9th, 2005 12:00

    According to the Dell Rep. I chatted with the B130 uses the Intel Mobile 910GML Chipset (Alviso). This chipset  is designed for the Celeron M family of processors (Intel website) but apparently Dell is also using it for the Pentium M 740 processor too. The chipset only supports 400Mhz FSB and 400Mhz DDR2 memory. So my guess is that your memory and bus speed is being limited by the chipset.
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    Posted December 9th, 2005 12:00

    See post below. Sorry
     

    Message Edited by grumpyforeman on 12-09-2005 08:45 AM

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    Posted December 9th, 2005 12:00

    Thats not good as the b130 is advertised as has having a 533 fsb. It's also stated on all the b130 documentation,my order form, and invoice.  
     
     If it is a 400mhz fsb chipset, then  i didn't get what i paid for. I guess if thats the case, i need to figure out what im going to do...keep it or return it.
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    Posted December 9th, 2005 16:00

    Actually I'm doubtful that 910gml is a possibility, the Intel fact sheet for it shows that it does not support the Pentium M SpeedStep stuff, and I can see this actively working on my B130 (with Pentium M 740).
     
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    Posted December 9th, 2005 16:00

    That is very unfortunate if they did actually use the 910GML chipset.
    The user manual for the Inspiron 1130/B120/B130 states that the chipset is "910GML or 915GM".
    I assumed that this meant that the B120 had the 910GML and the B130 had the 915GM.
    Certainly seems like a reasonable assumption, especially given that I paid for the 533mhz FSB Pentium M processor.
     
    I'm hoping it is actually a 915GM and they just need to offer a new BIOS to flash to rectify this issue.
     
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    Posted December 9th, 2005 17:00

    You can identify what chipset is in the Inspirion B130 by using Intel’s Chipset Identification Utility.  Here is the download link http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-009245.htm

    If someone will post the findings here it would be great. I want to buy a B130 but hesitated after having the Dell representative told me it was using the 910GML.

     

     

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    Posted December 9th, 2005 19:00

    ahains,

    That is a bummer. Maybe try CPU-Z to get chipset information. I should have menitioned it first. It give you a lot more details about the processor, memory, and mainboard. It may give you more detailed information about the chipset. You can download the lastest version from http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php look for the "latest version" heading in the upper left corner of the site.

     

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    Posted December 9th, 2005 19:00

    One other tidbit-

    I see that the video driver is using InfSection "i915GM1" from its INF file. This looks like another vote against the 910 theory, but definitely not certain.

    -a

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