P S Y C H O Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 I installed qt.2 CMXSD512-3200LL into my lappy and ran SiSoftware Sandra Standard 2004.SP2b. It is telling me... Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks Bank 0 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.5-4-4-8CL 2CMD Bank 1 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.5-4-4-8CL 2CMD :[pouts: But the feature list for the XMS RAM states... 2.5-3-3-6 Boots up at these low latencies Any idea as to what's going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Tried setting the timings manually (if it'll let you)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 3, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 3, 2004 Please try to to use Everest or Aida32 and see if it will detect the same information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P S Y C H O Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 I ran Everest and here is the info... 130.2 ns PC3200 DDR SDRAM 2.5-4-4-8 :eek: The Alienware BIOS does not allow manual timing settings. :[pouts: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 If those are the only sticks in there, and you can't set the timings manually, you might want to try the original sticks in there, and see what everest says about their timings. If they're the same, then Alienware has locked them down at those timings. Kinda odd that they of all companies would do that though. You may want to call them up, as there may just be a key combo that you have to hit to let you get access to change the timings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P S Y C H O Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 This is the timing for my original ram... Logical/Chipset 1 Memory Banks Bank 0 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.5-3-3-7CL 2CMD Bank 1 : 512MB DDR-SDRAM 2.5-3-3-7CL 2CMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 If you already had 1 GB, why get 1 GB to replace it? Anyway, contact Alienware to see if there is a way to change those settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P S Y C H O Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 I had PC2700 and upgraded to PC3200 for better performance. Based on the information below, I am getting better performance but I could have saved $100 and gotten even better performance if I purchased Samsung vs. Corsair XMS. MY OLD RAM Memory Bandwidth Benchmark: RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 2319MB/s RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 2321MB/s Cache & Memory Benchmark: Combined Index : 7314MB/s MY NEW RAM Memory Bandwidth Benchmark: RAM Bandwidth Int Buff'd iSSE2 : 2745MB/s RAM Bandwidth Float Buff'd iSSE2 : 2740MB/s Cache & Memory Benchmark: Combined Index : 7520MB/s OTHER AW USER WITH SAMSUNG PC3200 1GIG Memory Bandwidth Benchmark: Ram Int 2907 mb/s Ram Float 2902 mb/s Cache & Memory Benchmark: Combined index 8064 mb/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 4, 2004 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 4, 2004 Let's go ahead and get them modules replaced, and see what happens when the new replacement arrives. Please follow the link in my signature “I think I have a bad part!” and we will be happy to replace them or it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P S Y C H O Posted November 4, 2004 Author Share Posted November 4, 2004 Is cross ship an option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Unfortunately it is not a viable option as of this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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