From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Jul 25 2002 - 16:05:02 EDT
I have two 128's in mine
Try the BIOS update, or send back the defective memory
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chrys" <chrys_at_addr.com>
To: "Thinkpad Users" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:36 PM
Subject: [TP600] Max RAM?
> Greetings, Thinkpad Users,
> I appear to have made a stupid mistake. After seeing some info
> somewhere on the Web about a thinkpad 600 being able to hold two
> 128 meg sticks of RAM, I went looking for said RAM. Here's what
> I ordered:
>
> Description OEM Part No. Kahlon Part No. Price
> 128MB Memory 01K1150, 76H0296 KIBM150 $29.00
>
> Now, Kahlon lists this piece of RAM under my model number(2645-A1U)
> among others. It's listed as working in
> "Model: ThinkPad 600(2645-35U/41U/51U/A1U)"
> This page lists max RAM as 288 megs.
> So like a fool I trusted a vendor's web page.
> So I have this 128 megs of RAM here, and the BIOS isn't
> recognizing it. So I did what I should have done at first and
> looked in the user's guide. And it says the 600 can only hold
> two 64 meg sticks of RAM.
> Will BIOS update fix this? Has anyone here ever done the
> batteryless BIOS update posted on thinkpads.com ?
> Or should I just try to exchange this RAM asap for a 64 meg
> stick?
> --
> Best regards,
> Chrys mailto:chrys_at_addr.com
>
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