From: Aaron R. Teitlebaum (arteitle_at_engin.umich.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 09:48:41 EDT
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Lee Laniear wrote:
> Several months ago there was much discussion about getting more than
> 24 meg of memory on a TP701 (by replacing the 16 meg module with
> something larger). I've tried, a couple of times to buy the larger
> memory module to no avail. If I go to a vendor on the web their list
> for the 701C doesn't show anything larger. I tried going to Frye's in
> Los Angeles (Burbank) and gave them the specs they asked for what
> computer and said that the 701C could not handle more than 16 meg and
> actually refused to sell it to me. So, here's my "final question",
> where did any of you buy the additional memory. I'd like vendor who
> is online.
The discussion several months ago was about putting a 64 meg module into
the 701C, upping the RAM to 68/72 megs. Using a 32 meg module to raise it
to 36/40 megs has been done for quite some time; in fact, when IBM used to
sell a 32 meg SO-DIMM for the 701C, they listed the max RAM at 40, but
when they stopped selling it, they lowered the spec to 24.
I upped my 701C's RAM to 40 megs by buying an industry standard 72-pin
3.3v DRAM SO-DIMM from Alpha Memory (www.memory.com) for about $55 around
6 months ago. They listed a 701C-specific part for more money (IBM calls
this part 92G7281), but the generic part works just fine. RAM prices have
gone up a bit since then, so your mileage may vary.
BTW, someone did get the 701C to accept a 64 meg SO-DIMM, raising the max
RAM to 72 megs. If I remember correctly, there was nothing too special
about the part; it was just a standard 72-pin SO-DIMM, I believe.
Aaron Teitlebaum
arteitle_at_engin.umich.edu
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