[ltp] T41p ? :)

[Greg Meyer]

On Tuesday 13 January 2004 12:31 pm, Chun-Yu Shei wrote:
> Greg Meyer wrote:
> >On Tuesday 13 January 2004 11:04 am, Chun-Yu Shei wrote:
> >>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.
> >
> >I just read a support doc from Intel that says the 855pm DOES suppport
> > 333MHz memory.  So which is it?
> >
> >http://www.intel.com/intelinside/weblinks/english/sitelets/yes/cmt/centrin
> >o_techspecs.htm
> >
> >Looks like the 855 does not support 333MHz but the 855PM does.
>
> 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.
>
It could be that CPU-Z is telling the truth (I just verified that I get the 
same reading) but that IBM has the BIOS set to run the memory in synch with 
the fsb, i.e. if the fsb is 200Mhz then the memory will be too.  This is 
controllable in the BIOS, so it must be an IBM thing since the spec sheets on 
the 855PM clearly say that it supports 333Mhz memory.
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/g