[ltp] Thinkpad HD Question

[Christopher X]

Thnx again!  My laptop will come with (its on its way here as we speak) 64
megs of RAM, of which I too am maxing out to 288 via some RAM that I had
already ordered and has come in.  I found IBM's page for my model and it
turns out it doesn't have a empty bay, so now I'm wondering if rather then
merely adding another HD if I can replace it.  My distro of choice is
Mandrake (for workstation uses, at least) and I plan on installing it on my
laptop once it gets in, shortly after which I plan on making a custom kernel
(latest, 2.4.7) and all that.  Question about performance, I know that
anymore KDE 2.x.x or Gnome 1.4.x w/Nautilus can be quite slow on even 128
meg machines, hense my wanting to max it out - my CPU is a 266 mhz PII,
perfectly fast for my needs (which is why I bought it), so I'm wondering if
you use either of these environments and how do they perform for you?  RAM,
like with Windows 2000 (I apologize for the comparison, but both seem RAM
hungry), seems make the most noticable difference.

Yet again, thnx - a most helpful mailing list  :-),
~Christopher X

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
stupidity."

-Hanlon's Razor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Kirch" <jens.kirch@gmx.net>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Thinkpad HD Question


> Hi Christopher,
>
> I wish i had 4 gigs of Ram ;-)
>
> I have a TP 600E 2645-4AU and it came with 64 MB (32 MB onboard and 32
> in the first memory slot.
> The 2 memory slots are accessible if you turn over your laptop. then you
> can see a "door" with a screw. Just loosen the screw and then you can
> see the slots. In my case on e was occupied by the 32 MB module. I maxed
> out my memory by adding two 128 MB modules and of course taking the 32
> MB module out. This leaves me with 288 MB total. I used Kingston memory.
> Just go to www.kingston.com and use the memory configurator.
> The modules i am using are Kingston KTM-TP770/128, IBM part no. 01K1150,
> 128 MB.
>  For me they are working fine. I know that a lot of people have issues
> with memory, but nobody knows where they are coming from. Make sure you
> have the newest bios and the newest drivers.
>
> As for a new hard disk. I installed a 20 gig hdd Travelstar DJSA 220. it
> is working fine. I got a drive shell from Bill at www.thinkpads.com to
> put it in place. I also got a second hdd adapter for the ultraslim bay
> (partnumber: 05K5336) so i can use the original 6.4 gig hdd in there as
> a backup drive. Just look for it at any online store (i got it in the
> US) like www.buycomp.com.
> I hope that helped.
>
>         Jens
>
> Christopher X wrote:
>
> >Thnx, other people have said much the same - but with laptop parts as
> >expensive as they are, I'd rather not take any chances.  Um, again my
model
> >number is 2645-51U and it came with 4 gigs of RAM  -  I'd like to add
more,
> >is there a webpage where I can find the specs on this and other
thinkpads?
> >Thnx again for all your help.
> >
> >~Christopher X
> >
> >"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
> >stupidity."
> >
> >-Hanlon's Razor
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Robert Hollis" <vdrlholl@us.ibm.com>
> >To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 8:08 AM
> >Subject: Re: [ltp] installing RAM question
> >
>
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>
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>
>
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