[ltp] a21m ram question

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

On Mon, 2003-07-07 at 11:08, tallison@tacocat.net wrote:
>  Hello,
> 
> I was going to upgrade my A21m to 512MB of RAM.
> 
> I picked up something that had matching specs according to:  144pins,
> PC100, 3.3V, CL2, non-parity, non-EDO.
> 
> It's not even recognized by the notebook.
> It's detected by MEMTEST86, but every test fails miserably.
> The notebook, when powered up, just sits without even showing it's initial
> POST screen.
> 
> First conclusion to leap to is that the RAM is faulty.
> 
> But before I do that, I wanted to make sure that there isn't anything else
> I should pay attention to regarding these notebooks.
> 
> Does anyone here have any experience with buying after-market (non-IBM)
> RAM for notebooks?  I've upgraded RAM dozens of times on workstations and
> even added 64MB of RAM when I bought this one, but the results I'm getting
> now are unexpected.

Just saw this.  I'm using two 256M modules from Crucial in my T21.  No
problems ever.

Cheers,
Bret
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