[ltp] which ram for my thinkpad 240?

[Charles E Taylor IV]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:12:15 +0100
Sascha Heid <Sascha_Heid@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi all!

> i would like to upgrade the RAM of my Thinkpad 240 (not 240X) from 64MB
> to 192MB. I openend it to find out which kind of RAM i need but the
> onboard-RAMs did not reveal their secret to me and now i have to ask you
> this probably 1000 times asked question.
> I also heard about getting 256MB into it if you disable the onboard-RAM,
> but i dont wanna screw anything up and 192MB will be fine.

If you have a plain 240 (no X), you can upgrade the RAM to 320MB - you do
not need to disable the onboard RAM (not that you could do that without
some pretty advanced soldering skills anyhow... :) ).  If you have a 240X,
you're stuck with 192MB.

You need a 256MB PC100 "Low Density" SODIMM - ons with 8 chips per side
instead of 4.  I know PNY makes/made some suitable chips.  The sticker on
the one in my wife's 240 says "256MB SDR SODIMM E 32ZES (PO# 115605)".

There's only one problem with the 320MB upgrade in a 240 ... you lose the
ability to BIOS hibernate (suspend still works).  For me, it wasn't an
issue, as I have a good battery.

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