[ltp] T41p ? :)

[Chun-Yu Shei]

Vincent Touquet wrote:

>On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 10:12:44AM -0500, Chun-Yu Shei wrote:
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>>Heh, I was going to ask why you were thinking about a T40p and not a 
>>T41p :)  But...there's one thing about the T41s that makes them worse 
>>than the T40s :o  Yes, worse.  Apparently, the Intel 855PM chipset does 
>>NOT support PC2700 (333 MHz) memory, so although T41s have PC2700, it 
>>actually runs at 200 MHz, which is worse than the 266 MHz that PC2100 
>>runs at.  So if IBM still uses PC2100 in the T40s, the memory will be 
>>over 1.5x faster on one of those.  IBM is most definitely getting an 
>>e-mail from me about this - 200 MHz is simply unacceptable, and I've 
>>confirmed that it also happens on a Centrino Toshiba with PC2700 
>>memory.  Jeez, my old Dell Latitude D600 actually had 266 MHz :-\  
>>Fellow T41 owners who don't believe me: go to http://www.cpuid.com/ and 
>>get CPU-Z and check the memory tab.  It'll say something around 100 MHz.
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>Oops :s
>Are you sure CPU-Z is correct ?
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>I would think they would put PC2700 RAM in the notebook and not PC2100 ...
>Afer all the specs say that the notebook supports 333Mhz Ram:
>http://www5.pc.ibm.com/europe/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_TC1GKxx?OpenDocument
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>Would the R50p suffer from the same problem ?
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>What is the difference in concept about the R and the T series by the way ?
>I really dig the new screen and dvd burner on the R50p, but probably
>it is also more expensive than the T series ? Although, previous models
>used to be cheaper when they were R and not T series.
>How can you have more features and be cheaper ? :)
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Yes, they PUT the PC2700 in, which is the problem.  The chipset doesn't 
support it.  It would be faster if I took all my 2700 out and put in 
PC2100, since it runs PC2700 at 200 MHz.  The specs do clearly say 333, 
which is why I'll be e-mailing them about this soon.  All 855PM chipset 
notebooks would suffer from this.  Oh, the T series is far thinner and 
lighter than the R series.

- Chun-Yu