Re: [Thinkpad] Re: 128 Mb RAM in 560x, all the gory details

I think these sticks were made for some Thinkpads, though not necessarily
ours.

They are EDO, and 128Mb, but something somehow is not quite right. Will be
interesting to see if the replacements work any better.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew in Ann Arbor" <andrewaa@comcast.net>
To: "thinkpad" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Re: 128 Mb RAM in 560x, all the gory details

> James McKenzie wrote:
> > Andrew:
> >
> > Get a copy of memtest and test the memory module. You may have a
> > defective module or you may only need to upgrade the BIOS to allow it to
> > use all available memeory.
>
> James
> I think I did that?
> I don't know if this is a current version and I have heard disparaging
> remarks about the program but I had the floppy...
> I was hoping a BIOS upgrade would do the trick (and I needed to do it
> anyway) but it came up with the same errors.
>
> >>
> >> I booted from a floppy and ran Memtest-86 v1.4a and
> >> let it run all day.
> >> It completed 33 passes with no errors.
> >>
>
>
> > Memtest86 does come in a bootable floppy
> > format that could be written to a CDROM image.
>
> Floppy drive here, one of the chores I need to do before I get that new
> hard drive for the W2K 560x is to find or make a boot floppy that will
> load the external PCMCIA drivers so I can install the OS.
> Then I need to remember where I put the external CD drive.
>
> --
> Andrew in Ann Arbor
> technology is the answer, what was the question?
>
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