[ltp] R50 RAM

[cr]

Thanks.   That reference (besides having RAM at very good prices) says the R50 
Type 1830 should use 333MHz RAM.    But my R50 currently has 266MHz RAM in 
the user-accessible slot and siezes if I put a gig of 333MHz RAM in.

Maybe I need to investigate further and see what's in the hidden RAM slot deep 
inside.

cr

On Wednesday 17 August 2011 22:48:42 Takis Diakoumis wrote:
> 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