- Apr 14, 2003
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Hi all! I just got off of the phone with Gateway tech support, who told me something I find pretty hard to believe. I have a laptop w/ these specs:
1.5GHz P4M
i845 chipset
1 256MB stick DDR266 (stock w/ computer)
1 256MB stick DDR333 (Kingston)
I sent my laptop in for servicing a few weeks ago and since then, I have been getting hangs crashes and even a blue screen on a system that used to be perfectly stable. What's more, my machine is noticibly slower, too. However, all that is just background for my question. When the guy asked me if I had changed any of the stock hardware, asking specifically about RAM, I mentioned that I had added a stick, but that I didn't think it was a problem because it was name-brand and overspec for this system. He freaks out and says that i should only run DDR266 because DDR333 can cause problems. My understanding is that the BIOS sets the timings on the RAM. It's not like the BIOS on this system is going to try to run the RAM at 333 just because the RAM can run that fast, right? I told him that I have run RAM underspec in plenty of machines, with no problems whatsoever. Am I wrong about this? Can anyone provide me with a link that might back me up when I talk to him again? Thanks in advance for any help/info anyone might be able to give me.
1.5GHz P4M
i845 chipset
1 256MB stick DDR266 (stock w/ computer)
1 256MB stick DDR333 (Kingston)
I sent my laptop in for servicing a few weeks ago and since then, I have been getting hangs crashes and even a blue screen on a system that used to be perfectly stable. What's more, my machine is noticibly slower, too. However, all that is just background for my question. When the guy asked me if I had changed any of the stock hardware, asking specifically about RAM, I mentioned that I had added a stick, but that I didn't think it was a problem because it was name-brand and overspec for this system. He freaks out and says that i should only run DDR266 because DDR333 can cause problems. My understanding is that the BIOS sets the timings on the RAM. It's not like the BIOS on this system is going to try to run the RAM at 333 just because the RAM can run that fast, right? I told him that I have run RAM underspec in plenty of machines, with no problems whatsoever. Am I wrong about this? Can anyone provide me with a link that might back me up when I talk to him again? Thanks in advance for any help/info anyone might be able to give me.