[ltp] T41p ? :)

Chun-Yu Shei linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:31:21 -0500


Greg Meyer wrote:

>On Tuesday 13 January 2004 11:04 am, Chun-Yu Shei wrote:
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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.
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>I just read a support doc from Intel that says the 855pm DOES suppport 333MHz 
>memory.  So which is it?
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>http://www.intel.com/intelinside/weblinks/english/sitelets/yes/cmt/centrino_techspecs.htm
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>Looks like the 855 does not support 333MHz but the 855PM does.
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Very weird...every 855PM I've seen (IBM or not) that has PC2700 
installed runs it at 200 MHz.  I suppose CPU-Z could be lying, but I 
doubt it.  Maybe I'll run memtest86 and see if it's faster/slower.

- Chun-Yu