Memory Upgrade for R50e [Accomplished]

[Legionnaire]

Hi all.

I have an R50e with 512 DDR PC2700 and want to add another SO-DIMM to increase its capabilities. Corsair 1GB PC2700 seems like a good idea.

Here's the strange thing: CPU-Z reports that my 512 DIMM runs at 166MHz. I though PC2700 had a frequency of 333MHz. Are there gonna be any problems with the memory upgrade? Obviously if my current memory runs at 166MHz then all 1.5GB will run at that frequency.


[Update]

Well, I got the package today and performed the upgrade with extreme caution. It turned out that both DIMMs run at 166MHz (as predicted).

I have turned off pagefile since the factory-default hard disk is too slow for constant read/write by an OS that fails tragically to manage Virtual Memory.

The overall experience didn't leave me with the impression of a performance super-boost but at least now I can give 512MB RAM to VMWare (running Slackware 10.2) and still not worry about remaining memory.

[FRiC]

"DDR" is dual data rate. So the specs can say either 166 Mhz or 333 MHz, which means the same thing.

Also, CPU-Z might be wrong, the R50e has the i855GM chipset which only runs at 133/266 Mhz. You can use PC2700 RAM, but it only works at the slower speed.