[ltp] Re: What to take care of when buying a Lenovo?

[Rolf Kutz]

On 10/03/08 12:03 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
>
>I have to ... refine what I wrote. Intel claims the 945GM and 945PM, one 
>or both of which is used in the T60 can use 4GB of system RAM. Intel's 945 
>chipset datasheet: 
>http://download.intel.com/design/mobile/datashts/30921905.pdf
>
>It's pretty clear the T61 can use 4GB. The T60 is another story. While 
>Intel says it could, early documentation from Lenovo said it couldn't.
>
>This page has some history:
>http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/print?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&message.id=830&page=1&format=page
>
>That page has a link to an article that claims someone tried to use all 
>4GB in a T60 and failed, while Dell machines using the same chipset can 
>use 4GB. But another note says he's seen no real evidence that any Merom 
>machine (T61 is Santa Rosa) can use more than 3GB.

The article claims this for windows xp 32bit
edition and also mentions that 64bit operation
systems can access 4GB:

| This limitation does not exist with the Intel
| GM965 and PM965 with the 64-bit operating systems
| Windows XP Professional 64-bit and Windows Vista
| 64-bit Editions.

regards, Rolf
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