Re: [Thinkpad] RAM and Video RAM on TP 600E

The vide RAM is NOT shared. It is a 2.5 meg video card. Period.
I believe you can put in two 256MB RAM chips, if you get the right ones.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andro Berkovic" <andro@twister.zrs.hr>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 2:25 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] RAM and Video RAM on TP 600E

>
> A pair of simple questions to which I can't find any answers, both of
> them related to IBM Thinkpad 600E and its RAM:
>
> 1) My documentation for 600E says the amount of RAM for that model is
> capped at 288 MB (32MB of base built-in memory + 2x128 MB of of user-
> istallable SDRAM). That is the amount I currently have in there.
> However, I am curious about the 128 MB per RAM slot limit: Is it a
> hardware/BIOS issue (which would mean I can't upgrade it further) or
> the matter of larger RAM chips not exsisting at the time of the (now
> outdated) 600E's production (which would mean it might accept larger
> RAM chips)?
>
> 2) As I understand it, 600E shares RAM between system and video card;
> according to DirectX diagnostics, roughly 2.5 MB of RAM have been
> assigned to video needs. However, I had no luck finding a way of
> assigning more RAM for the video use. Is it a 'no go' or is there a way?
>
> Details: it's a PII 400 / 288MB RAM / 10 GB HDD ThinkPad 600E, running
> Windows XP Professional, all relevant and available updates from the
> IBM's tech support site installed.
>
> Help, anybody?
>
> Grateful in advance, Andro.
>
> PS Appologies if this message shows up more than once - I was having
> problems with registering and getting posts rejected due to non-
> membership.
>
>
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