[ltp] which ram for my thinkpad 240?

[Sascha Heid]

On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 14:37, Ken Firestone wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, 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.
> 
>    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.
> 
> I recently got this ram from Office Depot online. It is made by PNY,
> and the price is going up on this part.
> 

I found several 256MB Rams with 8 chip per side on ebay and already
ordered one. I payed 72¤ for it.
Soon i'll know if every 8-chips-per-side-ram is a low-density-ram.