Dell XPS 720: 4 x 1 GB DDR 2 @ 800 MHz

Keith wrote:
> Here is the response form Corsair:

What was the request put to Corsair?


> Message To » Corsair Technical Support Team
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> Original Message »
> Please update the BIOS to the latest and try the followings:
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> DDR voltage: 2.1v
> Memory Frequency: DDR2 800
> tCL: 5
> tRCD: 5
> tRP: 5
> tRAS: 18
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> If the problem remains, then please try setting the memory frequency to DDR2
> 667 or even DDR2 533. There will be a lot more stresses on the memory
> controller on the motherboard when all four memory slots are filled; to
> compensate for these stresses, memory controller will need to run these
> modules at a slower speed.
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> "S.Lewis" <NVRambo@techie.com> wrote in message
> news:2cFfj.46418$N67.44546@bignews5.bellsouth.net. ..
>> "Tony Harding" <ToHard@nowhere.org> wrote in message
>> news:477ed7fc$0$9140$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>>> Keith wrote:
>>>> I was unable to get that configuration to work on a 680i motherboard
>>>> using 4 x 1 GB DDR 2 RAM from Corsair - the vendors suggested I slow the
>>>> RAM down to get it to work (timings and frequency) -I just decised to
>>>> only run on matched pair becasue I did not really need 4 GB RAM.
>>>>
>>>> I was asking to try to find out how Dell overcame the memory controller
>>>> limit on the XPS 720
>>> 'Don't know what you mean about a "memory controller limit on the XPS
>>> 720" - I've been running 4GB in my 720 since about 1 Dec 2007. The memory
>>> is a Corsair Dominator kit #QUAD2X4096-8500C5DF. Never a peep from it
>>> (knocks on wood).
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>> Ah. Might just be bad or incompatible RAM.
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