Doesn't my Baytrail N3530 support 1333 MHZ RAM ?

[ajithmemana]

I have recently purchased an Asus X553MA laptop and it came with a 2GB DDR3 RAM.
I need to upgrade it to 4 or 8 GB. It has only a single slot. I tried two different 1600 MHZ RAM sticks(Adata/Corsair). But my laptop is not booting up with those rams. When i checked the cpu specs of Intel® Pentium® Processor N3530, its showing Memory type as DDR3L - 1333. Does that mean it wont support 1600 MHZ RAM ?
Current RAM in slot is: 2GB 1Rx 16 PC3L - 12800S -11-12-C3 from Hynix (Isn't it 1600 ?)

 

[VirtualLarry]

The 'L' on DDR3L, means that it is "low-voltage" (1.35v) memory, rather than "standard voltage" (1.5v) memory.

If your DDR3-1600 sticks are not low-voltage, then they won't work.

 

[techieey]

The 'L' on DDR3L, means that it is "low-voltage" (1.35v) memory, rather than "standard voltage" (1.5v) memory.

If your DDR3-1600 sticks are not low-voltage, then they won't work.

Another very related question: I've i3-2328M: http://ark.intel.com/products/70927/Intel-Core-i3-2328M-Processor-3M-Cache-2_20-GHz , it is written DDR3 1066/1333. But check this screenshot: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0Bxg0L-sj9zVtNE41NVowbHlPVHM of cpu-z. here it shows 1.35v. According to intel website, my processor doesn't support low voltage, but still my laptop supports 1.35v!

Can anyone explain this.
Thanks.

Extra Information: My laptop is https://www.asus.com/in/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/X55C/

 

[waltchan]

Bay Trail only support up to PC3L-10600S 1333MHz max, so Pentium N3530 is 1333MHz max. Putting in a 1600MHz stick will automatically downgrade to 1333MHz.

The new Braswell can now support up to PC3L-12800S 1600MHz max, but CPU performance is inferior to Bay Trail. Braswell now adds SATA III, Broadwell GPU, and 1600MHz RAM. I'm not sure if any of these added refinements boost benchmark score. Anyone wants to chime in?

 

[ShintaiDK]

Another very related question: I've i3-2328M: http://ark.intel.com/products/70927/Intel-Core-i3-2328M-Processor-3M-Cache-2_20-GHz , it is written DDR3 1066/1333. But check this screenshot: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0Bxg0L-sj9zVtNE41NVowbHlPVHM of cpu-z. here it shows 1.35v. According to intel website, my processor doesn't support low voltage, but still my laptop supports 1.35v!

Can anyone explain this.
Thanks.

Extra Information: My laptop is https://www.asus.com/in/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/X55C/

But it does.

 

[techieey]

But it does.

Can you please elaborate the sentence.
But it (i3-2328m Sandy Bridge) does (supports low voltage)

Did you mean the above sentence?
Please reply again.

 

[techieey]

But it does.

The photo you attached is of Ivy-bridge but my processor comes under sandy-bridge family.

 

[ShintaiDK]

My mistake. Your screenshot doesnt show it runs at 1.35V. It just shows the SPD value.

It may simply run at 1.5V.

 

[techieey]

My mistake. Your screenshot doesnt show it runs at 1.35V. It just shows the SPD value.

It may simply run at 1.5V.

See screenshot: "Timings Table" & then see "voltage" written at last row for the columns JEDEC #2,#3,#4,#5.

 

[ShintaiDK]

See screenshot: "Timings Table" & then see "voltage" written at last row for the columns JEDEC #2,#3,#4,#5.

Its a predefined hardcoded SPD value. It may not be what it actually runs.

 

[techieey]

Its a predefined hardcoded SPD value. It may not be what it actually runs.

OK. But I couldn't find another way to find at what voltage my RAM is running. I ran memtest86+ bootable CD & i didn't find an option. In Configuration, there was option 9, but it gave a message that unknown SMBus Controller.

Also in my BIOS, I checked thoroughly, I didn't find an option to tweak with RAM settings, like changing voltage, or changing latency, etc.

So where can I find this information.
See the screenshots of memtest86+:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0Bxg0L-sj9zVtSDBxMGp3VjRoVVU
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0Bxg0L-sj9zVtSTJLY2EzeWtzeXM

 

[LTC8K6]

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us...nce-chipsets/mobile-chipset-hm76-diagram.html

HM76 chipset supports DDR3L