Ram problems

shaun166 said:

You mean this pic? Erm yea 8gb but the weird part is why only got one module? and the ram speed 533mhz? sony faked advertised?

Strange, RAMMon shows the same thing as CPUZ.
Total 8GB, but showing one 4GB RAM card.

I don't know of any 8GB RAM cards, which leads me to think you have two 4GB cards, confirmed by the 4GB card info.

For some reason both the apps don't read info from the 2nd card but, the total 8GB RAM shows that it is there.

Check Resource Monitor and see how much RAM is listed there.
Best way to confirm this is to open the case and take a look at the RAM cards. Get any info that is on the cards, manufactorer, part number, etc. Then run a google search on the info.

Agree with Phone Man, get the vendor to fix it.

If the laptop came stock with a 1333MHz 4GB card and they added a different brand 1066MHz 4GB card, then it will run at 1066MHz, always at the lowest frequency.

This may be a cheap RAM card that doesn't have the SPD info stored on the card, which might explain the lack of info in the apps.

Let us know what you find.

Three times confirmed that you have 8GB RAM.

The question now is about the added 4GB RAM card, just for the likely 1066MHz second RAM card I would get them to replace it with the published 1333MHz spec RAM card.

Let us know what you find when you get home.

The origional RAM card is likely is a 667MHz (1333MHz), the free upgrade is likely 533MHz (1066MHz), so they will both run at 533MHz.

Typical response from OEMs, it probably works on a large percentage of customers.

Be polite but persistant and they should fix it, though it may take a while.
Use things like: Not as advertised, one of the reasons I bought this laptop was the 1333MHz RAM, You didn't inform me that the free 4GB upgrade would slow my RAM to 1066MHz.
As a last resort, after several attemps, 'Can you please send me the RMA info for a full refund, as this laptop doesn't have the specs I paid for ?', if this doesn't work then you have to decide if you want to return it.

To be honest it's only a small reduction in RAM speed and hardly noticeable.
Although, personnally, I might return it because of the changed spec and the lack of customer service as it would be an easy fix for them to do.

Let us know how it works out.

Ok thanks for the utterly important support. But I scare them stress that they site only wrote 4gb ram is 1333mhz however doesn't mean that 8gb ram also. Will keep you update about the info. Going down to Sony to find out more about my ram

edit: here is my resource monitor

Your resource monitor shows that you have all 8GB of RAM installed and working.

The frequency reduction won't be noticeable, it is strange that CPUZ and RAMMon can't see the card.

You might ask them if you can get a 1333MHz RAM card to replace the 1066MHz.