Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] RAM for Ubuntu

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 4/3/06, Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> I added a gig of ram to my laptop recently and it only cost about $100.
> Offhand I don't remember the memory type but it was just a normal SODIMM
> of some kind or another.

The 144 pin SODIMMs I need seem to be pricier than that.  Plus, the
Thinkpad *apparently* only supports 512 MB.  Right now, I found I
could scavenge a 256 MB SODIMM from some deceased hardware, so I've
got 384 MB on the ThinkPad, and Ubuntu runs much more smoothly (esp.
OpenOffice.org).  If I can score another 256 MB SODIMM, I'll be up to
512 MB, which is all I can really justify for a notebook as relatively
slow as this one.

> panel. I guess the point of this rant is.. does your laptop not take the
> 1GB SODIMM's?

Not so far as I know.  The official word seems to be not:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-55644

There do turn out to be two DIMM slots, though.

jking

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