George Thanks for that blunt but to the point reply. So 256MB is the max. If you put more in than that the BIOS will say 256MB and then the OS will not boot. So, unless I can get a 196MB stick from Japan then 196MB is going to be the best I can get out of it. I don't fancy removing the onboard memory. Believe it or not Windows XP Home with SP3 runs very well on only 196MB RAM. It is quite amazing to see. For simple surfing, emailing and listening to music it is a great little machine.
I think I might be better of spending my money on an internal Mini-PCI card, so I can save the PCMCIA slot for something else, like my USB 2 card. Simon ________________________________ > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] More RAM In 240X > Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 09:29:31 -0400 > From: [email protected] > > You have to disable the onboard 64MB to get the 256MB stick to work. > > No ifs, ands or buts. And that's as much RAM as any 240X or 240Z will > ever accept. > > Cheers, > > George > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Royal > To: ThinkPad Mailing List > Sent: Sat, Aug 7, 2010 8:38 am > Subject: [Thinkpad] More RAM In 240X > > > > > Hi > > > I am loving my ThinkPad 240X. It is a 500Mhz P3 and it has 192MB RAM (64MB + > > > 128MB). > > > I still cannot find confirmation that a 240X can take 320MB (64MB + 256MB). If > > > it does, it would need to be a low density one. However, these are not cheap > and > > > I dont want to go and by one if it isnt going to work. > > > I have a good quality 512MB stick here, that I used in a Mac PowerBook - which > > > are very fussy about RAM. > > > I popped it in my ThinkPad just out of curiousity. The BIOS registered the > > > machine as having 256MB, but XP and Mint wouldn't boot. It is a PC133 stick. > > > Can anyone confirm whether a low density 256MB PC100 stick will work in a > 240X? > > > Simon Royal > > > > > > > > > --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: > http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum > > > - Skype: Simon-Royal. > > > --- IBM ThinkPad 240X running Linux Mint 9 LXDE & Windows XP Home - Apple > iBook > > > G3 running OSX 10.4. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Thinkpad mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
