[ltp] R50 RAM

[Takis Diakoumis]

try this:

http://www.upgradeable.com.au/ibm-lenovo/thinkpad-r50-1830.html



On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 20:21 +1200, cr wrote:
> More a hardware question than a Linux question, though it is running Debian 
> Lenny - please excuse the slight OT
> 
> I have a R50 Type 1830 with 512MB of RAM, 256 in the accessible slot and (I 
> think) 256 out of sight inside.    Most references I can find say the R50 
> uses PC2700 / 333MHz RAM, so I got a 1GB PC2700  and put it in, it would run 
> Grub and start Debian but then it hung solid, several times.   I put back the 
> 256MB which is labelled '266MHz' and it works, and Gnome Hardinfo says 
> there's 512MB of RAM installed.
> 
> Several questions - did IBM change the RAM speed at some point i.e. is 266 the 
> right speed for my R50, regardless of what the references say?   Can the 
> internal RAM (presumably 256MB?) be changed as well as the accessible RAM?
> (The biggest RAM I can get in 266MHz SODIMM seems to be 512MB).
> 
> Any pointers welcomed.
> 
> cr
> 
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