Re: [Thinkpad] Glacial A30

NO
Some A and T series are PC-100, the later one (A30 and T23) are PC-133
PC-133, with some exceptions as to the specs,does not work on the FSB 100
models
This has been discussed MANY MANY times.
----- Original Message -----
From: "RayBay" <canyonlands@gmail.com>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: "Jonathan Berry" <jberry@islandnet.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Glacial A30

> That is absolutely incorrect for the T and A series... but could be true
for
> earlier models.
>
> All of the A and T series use PC-133... The A20, A21, A22, A30, A31, T21,
> T22, T23, T-30, and T40.
>
> I cannot think of earlier models of thinkpads which are specific for
> PC100... except possibly the early 600 type 2645 and 2646 as those were
both
> pretty squirrely, but by the 600E, they were all accepting PC133.
>
> So please enlighten me... We have been repairing Thinkpads since the
> beginning of time, or at least 1994, and we have charts...
>
> But I would like to know which Thinkpads models... other than the above
that
> will only take PC100... What? Some 770? Others?
>
> It is possible that some would not accept third tier memory modules, but
> they all took Infineon, Crucial, and the like.
>
>
> RayBay
>
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>
> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Bruce Markowitz <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
> wrote:
>
> > With the .1% being all the IBM T and A series that are PC100 only!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "RayBay" <canyonlands@gmail.com>
> > To: "Jonathan Berry" <jberry@islandnet.com>
> > Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Glacial A30
> >
> >
> > > In at least 99.9 percent of computers, PC133 will work in a PC100
> > computer
> > > and it is usually better memory.
> > >
> > > As for the Presario 192, I have never seen one, and don't have one in
my
> > > Compaq Service Manual... They show 1923, 1920, 1902, 292, 182, 199,
> > and
> > > 092. Tell us more.
> > >
> > >
> > > As for the memory, I did a quick survey of the 12 suppliers we use for
> > new
> > > memory:
> > >
> > > Average price for 128 mb modules: 13.99 Desktop memory
> > > Average price for 256 mb modules: 27.99 Desktop memory
> > > Nothing is sold larger than that, as of course you know.
> > >
> > >
> > > Average Prices for Laptop Memory:
> > >
> > > 128 MB $29.99 was $11.99
> > > 256 MB $42.99 was $23.99
> > > 512 MB $83.99.... this average has gone up from $53.49 in November
> > 2007
> > >
> > > An announcement in the financial pages of the New York Times on Sunday
> > > reported that the huge backlog of PC133 memory was no longer a backlog
> > as
> > of
> > > March 29th.
> > >
> > >
> > > We still have such a backlog of PC133 that we sell 256 mb for $15.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Jonathan Berry <jberry@islandnet.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > >PC133 is expensive,
> > > >
> > > > I was given an old Compaq Presario with 192 MB RAM and would
> > > > like to add 256 MB or more RAM to make it run faster than
> > > > molasses, for my wife's mom.
> > > >
> > > > The reasonable retail value of this computer is $50 tops
> > > >
> > > > Buying new PC100, 168-pin, Low Density SDRAM, 256 MB stick
> > > > is $30 to $50 by mail order, or $60 from a local shop.
> > > > Actually, the local shop is trying to sell me PC133, saying
> > > > that it will drop back down to PC100, but I don't think it is
> > > > low density.
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, that's the rub in keeping older computers out of
> > > > landfills. Even if they're built to run a reasonable array of
> > > > RAM, fitting them out with it often costs more than the
> > > > computer is worth. By comparison, bumping your current desktop
> > > > from 1 GB to 2 GB is $50 or less.
> > > >
> > > > I don't mind used RAM, but nobody locally seems to be doing
> > > > that. Yah, yah, there's always ebay!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >but not nearly as expensive as it is going to be. They
> > > > >are no longer making it, and all the known suppliers are down to
> > > > manageable
> > > > >stock, so they intend to make some real bucks now.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour,
> > > tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
> > >
> > > Cicero 47BC
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> >
>
>
> --
> ________
>
> A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour,
> tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
>
> Cicero 47BC
>

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