Memory upgrade

[nibird]

I am running a dell XPS Gen4 with a P4 @3.4ghz.
the system has 1 GB of 533 pc4200 samsung memory on board.
I want to add at least 1 Gb poss 2, I have noticed the prices really dropping.
My question is is it imperative I buy Memory using the samsung chips for the second Set of banks in this dual channel set up.
Or would all run smoothly together wich say Micron chips on the new ram sticks.

I Would appreciate any help you can give me on this subject.

AND are there ANY Know Tweaks ore overclocks for the dell XPS system

\Thanks again
nibird

[wedant01]

AND are there ANY Know Tweaks ore overclocks for the dell XPS system


correct me if im wrong but the bios menu wont let you oc as dell may have locked it

and about the ram, running duel, duel channel memery, i have know idea. but getting different sets of memory might be dodgy for ocing, theyll perform differently

[silenze]

Wow we're slackers......

If there are no options available in the bios for overclocking, you're kinda out of luck..

On the ram; I would make sure it's compatible.. order from Dell or some ram noted to be compatible with.. prebuilt machines are picky with ram 9/10 times..

And yes.. you should match the chips, dual channel can be picky as well..

[BlackFire]

There is one thing you can do, but it involves being good with modding your bios. (Thats the answer right there.) Mod your Bios, because Dell may have only hid or locked the vCore and the CPU Clock, just flash it and mod. Be careful though because you might ruin your XPS which you wasted your money on. :|
Always build your own system. :-P

[silenze]

There is one thing you can do, but it involves being good with modding your bios. (Thats the answer right there.) Mod your Bios, because Dell may have only hid or locked the vCore and the CPU Clock, just flash it and mod. Be careful though because you might ruin your XPS which you wasted your money on. :|
Always build your own system. :-P

Actually it would involve being in on Dell's firmware/bios development or someone with great experience in programming...

No amateur is going to mod a bios without prior instruction including specific addresses/etc....

[BlackFire]

Just a thought. :lol:

[playafly187]

Just curious, why would you want to add that much extra memory to your system? Unless you run heavy graphics/video rendering type stuff, id say it's a waste of money. but that is just my opinion 8)

[jester]

yea the xps is not a cheap machine (all thou I could build on hell of a pc for what they charge for them) & I wouldnt go flashing the bios with a hacked bios. Mess up the bios & might as well buy a new mobo since 90% of the time, the mobo is less than buying the bios chip.

If you want to o/c & didnt want to build your own, think maybe an alienware would have been better & probly not any more expensive than the xps :wink: