[ltp] Memory upgrade

Eben King linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:22:57 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Joerg Platte wrote:

> I want to upgrade memory in my T40p. A friend told me, IBM restricts the usage 
> of "foreign" memory modules like they did with non-IBM miniPCI cards. Is this 
> true? Or can I use non IBM memory?

The first thing I did with my new T40 was add a stick of Crucial (I think it 
was, may have been some other big name brand) RAM.  No problems.

> And does PC2700 memory work in my PC2100 Thinkpad? 

Should, but you wouldn't get any performance benefit from it.

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