Memory Frequency

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Earl Partridge

Windows XP, 1 GB Memory, 1.3 G AMD Athlon XP Processor
My Memory Frequency is set to 100 Mhz.
Does this sound correct/proper for my system?
Earl
 
Earl Partridge said:
Windows XP, 1 GB Memory, 1.3 G AMD Athlon XP Processor
My Memory Frequency is set to 100 Mhz.
Does this sound correct/proper for my system?
Earl
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Possibly. What is the make and model of your motherboard? What are
the actual specs of your RAM?

In many computers the BIOS setup has an option to configure RAM speed
"by SPD" (Serial Presence Detect) which is a tiny ROM chip on the
memory module that the computer BIOS can read and thereby identify the
speed and other physical characteristics of that particular memory
module.

Good luck

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has never been in bed with a mosquito."
 
'Earl Patridge' wrote:
| Windows XP, 1 GB Memory, 1.3 G AMD Athlon XP Processor
| My Memory Frequency is set to 100 Mhz.
| Does this sound correct/proper for my system?
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Yes, a memory frequency of 100 MHz sounds correct for you system. Judging
from the CPU installed, your system uses SDRAM and the age of the system is
such that the FrontSide Bus speed is 100 MHz (which in your case is also the
memory speed.) If the memory speed were NOT set correctly, then the CPU
speed would be incorrect also (unless you or the buiilder modified something
to achieve a CPU overclock.)

For a more exact answer you will need more information including

1. how you got the information as to the memory speed
2. what speed the CPU is actually operating at
3. what computer manufacturer.

There are small programs (free) that can be downloaded and that will supply
more hardware information about your system. The AMD web site should
include archieval information about the CPU and chipset used in your system;
this will indicate the possible memory speed settings (subject to additional
limitations placed by the system manufacturer.)

This is a pure hardware question, and about a pretty old system; this
newsgroup is not the best place to ask your question. Try one of the Usenet
newsgroups with AMD in the name if you need further help.

If lurking behind your questions is [can I get more performance out of this
system], the answer is probably no,not without overclocking the CPU. Aside
from adding a larger hard drive, there really is no reasonable upgrade path
that will make use of ANY of your current components.

Phil Weldon

| Windows XP, 1 GB Memory, 1.3 G AMD Athlon XP Processor
| My Memory Frequency is set to 100 Mhz.
| Does this sound correct/proper for my system?
| Earl
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