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I tried that EVEREST program and got 5585 Read and 2008 Write, that's with 4x512 of RAM that is cheap but cooled.

I agree completely, in fact, there are a number of cases with VIA Chipsets that with DDR 400 when you populate more than 4 banks it drops the speed down to 333 in order to prevent bleeding so I do understand and agree with you. My system has the i875P chipset, it apparently deals with a fair...

I wasn't saying my Sandra scores proved my system was faster with more RAM, I was using them as comparisons in throughput, as it was questioned whether having all four banks populated would degrade memory performance. Sandra is fine for measuring things like memory throughput.

Not likely, but it is possible, that voltage wasn't off enough to have caused any issues.

True enough :)

If you have a spare power supply, chuck it in and check to see if it varies a whole hell of a lot, if not, don't worry about it.

I run 2G Dual-Channel PC3200 on my rig, the benchmark scores in SiSoft Sandra are basically identical from 1GB to 2GB, I just have Kingston Value RAM and Intel PAT enabled. With a pile of apps running I get: 4744MB/sec in Int. and 4738MB/sec in Float. I'm sure the scores would be higher if I...

Make sure you have the latest Chipset drivers installed, I had a similar issue with a Customer's SIS-based motherboard....Installed the Chipset drivers and it went up to 8X like it was supposed to be.

Some good thermal glue if you can get it.

Hmmm, thermal pads suck, but so does most thermal glue :)

Well, if you incorrectly install the heatsinks, they can trap heat rather than dissipate it.

Oh crap! They make such damn good products!

So they are basically identical is what you are saying?

Wow, that's what I want, a notebook with the CPU hitting 100 degrees, that would burn the lap quite well! The Dothan CPU's don't even seem to get very warm, I think that's part of their advantage....

I find the wireless range on the ASUS Notebooks to be insane, because the antena goes around the screen frame, its nuts! Yes, I'm SURE its Centrino, here's the link to it: http://usa.asus.com/products/notebook/m6series/m6000n/m6000n_overview.htm