6224W review

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The DDR2-800 was supposed to have better timings, but that seems false aswell, or?

Yes. Atleast CPUz shows the same timing as standard PC5300 DDR2.

[eeperman]

Moon Angel,

The solution to the loud fan seems to be in the BIOS. You need to turn DTS calibration ---> OFF.

The Zepto seems to have three cooling modes: Fan Off, Fan Low and Fan High. From what I have seen so far the fan kicks into low mode at 55 degrees, and high mode at 75 degrees. With DTS calibration ON the sensor seems to think that the CPU is permanently in the high 70s and in the low 80s under load.

However once I turned DTS calibration OFF I got a more believable 55 degrees under no load and about 75 degrees when pushed. This means that the fan will stay on low almost all the time under normal use, but will be in the louder high speed when you are gaming.

NB. I am not an expert. This solution came from zeptoforum and has seemed to work for me. All BIOS modifications at your own risk etc.

[DIGev]

Moon Angel,

The solution to the loud fan seems to be in the BIOS. You need to turn DTS calibration ---> OFF.

The Zepto seems to have three cooling modes: Fan Off, Fan Low and Fan High. From what I have seen so far the fan kicks into low mode at 55 degrees, and high mode at 75 degrees. With DTS calibration ON the sensor seems to think that the CPU is permanently in the high 70s and in the low 80s under load.

However once I turned DTS calibration OFF I got a more believable 55 degrees under no load and about 75 degrees when pushed. This means that the fan will stay on low almost all the time under normal use, but will be in the louder high speed when you are gaming.

NB. I am not an expert. This solution came from zeptoforum and has seemed to work for me. All BIOS modifications at your own risk etc.

That's the correct solution I believe.

[CLB-NL]

That's the correct solution I believe.

Just like I said:

The solution is to go to your BIOS and load the default settings! Seriously!!

Worked fine here!


Finally!



And I have:

2 x 1GB PC6400 800MHz memory (working in Dual Channel)

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Looks like a slight drop in bandwidth.

[Thorne]

Great, finally a full review!

[John Ratsey]

And I have:

2 x 1GB PC6400 800MHz memory (working in Dual Channel)

Thanks for that result. I was quite impressed by the memory result for the Q70 (it uses standard Samsung 5-5-5-15 modules) since the best previous result I had personally measured has been around 3300MB/s with the 845PM chipset.

It would appear that the only benefit of buying 800MHz RAM is to have modules read to put into a compatible machine in the future. Otherwise 800MHz RAM seems to be a dubious investment if it costs more. But maybe someone will bring out 800MHz notebook RAM which runs at CL=4 at 667MHz, in which case we can hope to see the bandwidth go up.

John

[CLB-NL]

Thanks for that result.

Your Welcome

Otherwise 800MHz RAM seems to be a dubious investment if it costs more.

John

Zepto only uses 1GB 800MHz modules, so it's in the price
Now I'm running on 2 x 1GB 800MHz modules (but they are working at 667MHz)
I've looked for 2GB 800MHz modules, but they don't exist, so if I want to upgrade to 2 x 2GB 667MHz I have to pay about 170 euro! I could sell my 2 x 1GB 800MHz modules for about 70 euro, so 4GB RAM, would cost me about 100 euro!!

[Cjur]

Zepto only uses 1GB 800MHz modules, so it's in the price

Im sorry, but that's just not true. Did you try and configure the value model? They are there. I know, I ordered it. And the 667mhz are considerably cheaper than the 800mhz.

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It was true for a while. Zepto removed the 667mhz ones from the German and UK shop. People complained and they are back now.