[ltp] which ram for my thinkpad 240?

[Sascha Heid]

On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 16:27, Charles E Taylor IV wrote:
> 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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> *  Charles Taylor <tomalek@mindspring.com>
> *  Chemistry teacher, Linux enthusiast!
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Wow, thats great news, thank you!

If all 256MBs with 8 chips per side are Low-Density i might have already
found one on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3469239017&category=36845