Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 07:39:15 -0400 From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Original size Libretto with 160 MB RAM? Wishful thinking? I think the key is that the 128 Meg part has never been developed. I have 2 Portages, a 3015ct and a 3025ct, and have looked for a while at upgrade options for these machines, the best I could find was a 64 meg part. Sorry, Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 10:00 PM Subject: Original size Libretto with 160 MB RAM? Wishful thinking? > A friend of mine is auctioning a new Libretto M3. A new unit, not a new model. > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1236645619 > > A potential buyer asked him how to upgrade to the maximum RAM > and the friend asked me what do I know about it. > While searching the web to answer his question > I found a reference that gives me some hope > that RAM in this model could be expanded beyond > the 96 MB limit specified by Toshiba. > Is there such hope for other Libretto models? > > I knew that this model has 32 MB RAM on board, > and one RAM expansion slot that can be used for a 32 or 64 MB RAM upgrade. > That is from Toshiba specifications. > I also knew that there were two different Toshiba > 64 MB upgrades this model can use. > > PA2068UJ(S) for Toshiba Libretto M3 1000 1050 1100 1010 > PA2067UJ(R) for Toshiba Libretto M3, Portege (3000 ?) 3010CT 3015CT 3020CT 3025CT > > Third party products for these models can also be used. > A few Japanese companies make them, and information is only available in Japanese. > Transcend also makes them, they are based in Taiwan, and they have information in English. > So I looked up PA2067U here: > http://www.transcend.com.tw/english/Memory/Product.asp > and this was the result: > http://www.transcend.com.tw/english/Memory/SchResult2.asp > This result page has two lines for the same Transcend part number TS64MT3010 . > Following each link in turn I can get to the following pages: > > http://www.transcend.com.tw/english/Memory/SchResult.asp?modid=TOS069 > TOSHIBA Portege 3010CT, 3015CT, 3020CT > > http://www.transcend.com.tw/english/Memory/SchResult.asp?modid=TOS080 > TOSHIBA Portege 3020CT-NT, 3025CT > > Both pages have the same information in the header: > Standard Memory: 32 MB > Maximum Memory: 96 MB > Memory Slots: 1 > Comments: This system can be upgraded to 160 MB with the release of the 128 MB module. > > It is the comments field that caught my attention. > If Portege can be upgraded to 160 MB, is that also true for Libretto M3 ? > > I am still investigating this question. > It is also not clear if that 128 MB module is already available or only announced. > Any information is welcome. > > Perhaps a more interesting question for this mailing list is: > Can Libretto 100 and 110 use more than 32 MB in their memory expansion slot? > > A similar situation exists for the Sony PictureBook. > Sony sells only a 64 MB RAM upgrade for the single RAM expansion slot. > I-O Data recently introduced a 128 MB module that works in the same slot. > http://www.geocities.com/sony_vaio_pcg_c1/ > This is not a speculation, this is tested and works. > > /ken ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------UNSUBSCRIBE------- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe --------UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **************************************************************
