Re: [TP760E] SDRAM support on 760E ?

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From: Sashka (list_at_tryam.com)
Date: Thu Nov 30 2000 - 20:29:20 EST


Hello,

NO SDRAM. As far as I remember, this is Pentium CPU (pentium 1). It
will work only with EDO memory.
I just had one of 760series at work and I looked specially for you:)

Wednesday, November 29, 2000, 10:31:09 PM, you wrote:

PS> Hi

PS> I am newbie to this list, so please pardon the ignorance. I just got a
PS> Thinkpad 760E (9546-U9B). With 48MB RAM (8+8+16+16), UltraBay CDROM and
PS> FDD. Putting Linux on it was a breeze! Used up ~300MB of the 2GB disk for
PS> the system software, which leaves me plenty of space to fool around with.
PS> It's a great little computer for class-use.

PS> I was wondering about the upgrade options for the memory on this laptop.
PS> Does the chipset support SDRAM ? The IBM support site suggests only
PS> EDO-DRAM - but that's much more expensive than SDRAM. Also, has anyone
PS> succeeded in cheating with 128MB EDO SODIMM's in slot 2 instead of the
PS> 64MB max as stated on the IBM web-site ? How about 128MB SDRAM SODIMM's ?

PS> Also, since you know I am interested in a memory upgrade, does anyone have
>>32MB chips for sale ?

PS> Thanks in advance for any tips/advice -

PS> cheers -

PS> pradeep

-- 
 Sashka
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 "But what...is it good for?" - Engineer at the Advanced Computing
Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip 


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