- Memory Speed
- Posted by jeg on October 3rd, 2003
I have memory that should run at 333mhz, but have spotted on start-up that
xp tells me memory speed 166mhz.
Has my supplier duped me?
I checked inside the box and its labelled as being the right stuff. DxDiag
tells me how much memory but how can I check the speed.
How much difference would I notice in my PC's performance from one to the
other?
and so on....
help anyone?
- Posted by Brian H¹© on October 3rd, 2003
jeg said:
Check your BIOS settings.
- Posted by jeg on October 3rd, 2003
"Brian H¹©" replied:
Sorry, but you know whats coming,
er, how do I do that then?
- Posted by Brian H¹© on October 3rd, 2003
jeg said:
When you first start your pc (the black screen before windows loads), you should
have a comment on the screen like Press DEL to enter setup.
This setup is your BIOS screen(s), but if you don't know what you are doing, I
would suggest you get someone who does to take a look at it for you.
Hopefully they will let you watch, and explain things to you.
- Posted by Ski on October 4th, 2003
Readers digest version.
DDR...2X166...333mhz
Ski
"The only way to find out how far is too far...
is to go there"
(remove spleen to e-mail)
- Posted by Buffalo on October 4th, 2003
It is probably DDR memory you are talking about.
It runs at a 166MHz bus speed.(DoubleDataRate is twice the bus speed)
PS:Brian H.
I hope this top posting doesn't make things too difficult for you.
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- Posted by Brian H¹© on October 4th, 2003
Buffalo said:
:-)
really.
Not
- Posted by Ralph Wade Phillips on October 4th, 2003
Howdy!
"jeg" <jeg@freeuk(nospam).com> wrote in message
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No - and yes.
See, your machine is using DDR (Double Data Rate) memory. So they
take the REAL 166MHz clock, and double it, to get 333MHz.
None - they're both the same.
And you now have my permission to have a headache ...
RwP
- Posted by John Heath on October 4th, 2003
What he needs to do is open the case. Power up, and bend the two outer
tines of a fork backwards. Put the two remaining tines in between the
memory so that they are touching. It's an effective way of superclocking
the RAM.
And I have a really cheap Bridge for sale, prime location over the Thames.
Any takers?
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