Lenovo S205

Jonnygrunge · 9 Oct 2011 at 01:05

Guys bought a Lenovo S205 for my wife's 40th.
Decided to upgrade the RAM from 2 to 8GB, so bought some Komputerbay 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 SODIMM made with Hynix semiconductors 1333Mhz (8-8-8-24 @ 1.5V)
The problem is the RAM is only running single channel mode! it sees all the RAM but with CPU ID its running at the wrong speed (1066MHz) but at 7-7-7-20 the BIOS is the new Pheonix UEFI, and there is no options in it whatsoever relating to RAM.
Any suggestions?

Jonnygrunge.

bremen1874 · 9 Oct 2011 at 01:50

The memory is running at the machine's rated FSB speed. I doubt they'll be any options to run it any faster than the FSB speed.

d_brennen · 9 Oct 2011 at 02:01

It has a single channel memory controller. Don't sweat it, you are not missing any performance as the chip itself is pretty anemic, the memory can keep up

Jonnygrunge · 10 Oct 2011 at 21:19

d_brennen said:
It has a single channel memory controller. Don't sweat it, you are not missing any performance as the chip itself is pretty anemic, the memory can keep up

Great advice chaps! seems I was mis-informed!, the Zacate E-350 does indeed support single channel up to 1066MHz. I thought it was dual channel at 1333MHz. Oh well.
Bonus I suppose with the RAM running at 7-7-7-20, 8GB for £36 nice!
Thanks for the input, great little netbook never the less, could not recommend it enough!

Jonnygrunge.