ddr3 netbook ram

Braka · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:07

wondering if anyone can help , i hv put 2gb into my netbook making it 3gb now

cpu says its running in duel channel but the dram freq seems to low and the clock speeds seem to high can anyone hv a look for me pls

the netbook is a hp mini 311c

cmndr_andi · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:14

Hi there, can you post a screenshot of the SPD page with slot#2 selected (ie the 1GB stick)?

Braka · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:45

everything comes up blank and grayed out on the slot#2

the 1gb stick is soldered into the motherboard

Orcvader · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:48

Is there any slots on the SPD page?

Any options in the BIOS to change RAM settings?

cmndr_andi · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:50

Ah, it may be the case that the soldered-in RAM is only rated to 533MHz effective (which is what yours is currently running at), hence your new 2GB stick drops down to this level.

Braka · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:59

cant see any options in the bios to change ram

bios version is F.02 or something i think theres a version F.16 now dono if that gives more options but i wouldn't know how to go about upgrading

as u can see nothing in slot 2

Orcvader · 16 Jan 2011 at 00:21

Then I guess it's your 1gb soldered RAM limiting the speeds. Any chance you can take the 2gb RAM stick out and check the soldered RAM speeds and timings?

533mhz is still pretty good for a netbook.

Braka · 16 Jan 2011 at 04:26

isnt it suppose to be 1066mhz tho? i also ran everest memory speed test and im getting slower speeds then others with 2gb ram installed ;s

what slowdowns will this cause in everyday usage? will it effect hd streams etc

Orcvader · 16 Jan 2011 at 12:16

So the soldered RAM can run 1066mhz?

Do your everyday activities, and see how it feels. If it feels slower, then you have a problem. But really, you shouldn't be able to see a significant difference between 1066mhz and 533mhz.

EDIT: I did some googling, at it seems it does run at 1066mhz. That means it should allow the 2gb stick run at 1066mhz too. Are you sure that Corsair RAM is 100% compatible with your netbook? This could be another reason why the speed is halved.

EDIT 2: Ok, after some more research, it seems the soldered RAM can run at 1066, but HP's BIOS purposely locks it to 533mhz. In other words, your system is already running the RAM at the max speed the BIOS allows. You can't do anything about this then...

Braka · 16 Jan 2011 at 18:29

ah ok , thnx for taking the time searching for details

thought i did something wrong since i hv slower speeds then ppl who bought the same kind of ram etc ,

while im here mabe u can answer another question for me , i tryed to stream bbc i player HD but it stuttered and didnt make use of the ion , flash is updated to 10.1 do i hv to update the ion drivers mabe? and if so how do i do it just download the latest from nvidia? and install over the current ones? im a netbook nab sry