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@HiV0lt wrote:

I have just upgraded my Inspiron 6000d from the stock 2x256MB ram to 2x1GB, i got it dirt cheap. I have some questions though. The memory that was in the machine, was PC3200 400MHz DDR2. I purchased PC4300 533MHz DDR2 memory, because in the BIOS it showed that the memory ran at 533MHz, which I thought was correct, because my chip is a 533MHz FSB version of the Pentium M.

 

After installing the ram, I checked the operation, it works fine, bios reports the memory running at 533MHz, but in windows I check with CPU-Z, and it shows that its running at 400mhz, with a 2:3 divider. I have attached some screenshots. Can someone shed some light on this?

 

Using the Advanced Forum Search on the bottom of this page, you can quite easily find the answer to this often asked question.

 

CPU-Z is wrong.  Posted numerous times.

Sorry, this statement is just incorrect.

CPU-Z has a bug. Try Everest Home edition.

6000 runs perfectly all right 533FSB with 533FSB memory.