Patriot ram says Only Compatible with 2nd Generation Intel (2000 series). True?? For Foxconn D70s-p

[Stangman]

Recently picked up a Foxconn D70s-P ( http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000604 ) , and it's performance is lacklaster (The guy through in 1gb of ram.. It will not even run Linux.. It literally takes a few minutes to open a window). I'm wondering if it' the ram...

I can get a good deal on this locally http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220618 , and i Know it's slower, but on every retailers site, AND the Patriot site, it says "Only compatible with systems based on the 2nd Generation Intel Core CPUs (Intel 2000 Series)"

Is there any truth to that?? I don't see why it woudl be, but I'm out of the loop on components, and I've never been in the loop with Laptop components. So I'm at a loss. Don't want to purchase something incompatible!

Thanks as always!

 

[COLGeek]

In all likelihood, that memory with work as desired. Regardless of the sited compatibility statement, it is JEDEC compliant memory (means it is standard DDR3 memory).

In days past, some laptops were (and some even to this day) very picky regarding the memory that they would work with. A previous Dell I had would only work with specific memory modules, not even with ones that matched its specs on paper.

Good luck!

 

[Stangman]

Thanks for the reply! I'm skeptical of this motherboard/chip since with 1gb ram, it won't even run Linux Mint, but if I could pick this 8gb up for $40, I'm debating if I should (It's overkill, but I can't seem to find anything much cheaper than that.. I guess I could buy brand new 4gb for slightly over $40.)

 

[COLGeek]

You could always return it. However, I would save the (potential) headache and get something that I know is compatible.

Even with only 1GB, Mint should be snappier than that. Is the mobo running in UEFI or legacy (non-UEFI) mode?

 

[Stangman]

That's a good question.. I know i have Secure Boot disabled (not sure if that is related?). I think my only other option was when using the boot menu to actually boot from the media, I had DVD-ROM, or UEFI DVD-ROM (I picked just DVD-ROM, as i thought UEFI was only windows 8 related?.. I'm reading through the manual and i don't see a way to actually just 'enable or disable' uefi though/

Sorry, very novice question here.

 

[COLGeek]

I'll try to look at your manual later. I can't access at this time.

 

[Stangman]

Thanks man, appreciated! I know it was a used motherboard, not surei f a 'broken' motherboard would just run slow.. Seems odd.

 

[Pinhedd]

Recently picked up a Foxconn D70s-P ( http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000604 ) , and it's performance is lacklaster (The guy through in 1gb of ram.. It will not even run Linux.. It literally takes a few minutes to open a window). I'm wondering if it' the ram...

I can get a good deal on this locally http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220618 , and i Know it's slower, but on every retailers site, AND the Patriot site, it says "Only compatible with systems based on the 2nd Generation Intel Core CPUs (Intel 2000 Series)"

Is there any truth to that?? I don't see why it woudl be, but I'm out of the loop on components, and I've never been in the loop with Laptop components. So I'm at a loss. Don't want to purchase something incompatible!

Thanks as always!

That Patriot SO-DIMM that you linked to is most likely constructed from two ranks of 4 gigabit DDR3-SDRAM. Many older chipsets do not support 4 gigabit DDR3-SDRAM chips and will refuse to boot if a module is installed. Support for the 4 gigabit chips was added in the Intel 6 series chipsets which coincided with the release of the I7-2000 series microprocessors.

That motherboard that you have contains an Intel® NM70 Chipset, which is based on the Intel 7 series chipset. As a result, it should support 4 gigabit chips