Update! 1-256 RAM module came today. Installed and no problems. Thanks to this board for the info. Do not think I will be getting another module as the HDD and CPU are the bottelnecks. Plus, he will only be doing the Net, email and maybe Word. Put in an old Belkin G Network card and he is good to go...

Thanks everyone for your quick and helpful replies.

I'm good to go!:)

Aloha,
Robert

That's what I thought, Ray. Also, remember the battery was DOA too. Plus, no OS disk. On the plus side, it's an IBM. I have a T61p. I have a USB 2.0 floppy drive and will test when the module arrives. I build my own so am familiar with memtest. By the way, what is the PCMCIA slot? 16bits, 32bits or ...

Thanks virge. Didn't think to try that. All system checks are OK. Reseated the 2 modules and tested OK. It just takes a longer time to go through the testing process for the Memory check than I thought. Maybe will get another module after the first one arrives and works. If he wants too, I will get ...

Hello to everyone. Just joined this board. My friend just purchased a 600e 2645-5BU. It came with 2x64 modules. I purchased 1 of these http://cgi.ebay.com/256MB-PC100-SODIMM-MEMORY-4-IBM-THINK-PAD-THINKPAD-600E_W0QQitemZ120418441910QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c097f9ab6&_trksid=p3...

Hello to everyone! Just found and joined this board. My friend just purchased a 600e and needed help. I needed to update the BIOS to install Win XP but it did not come with a floppy drive but had a DVD drive instead. I made a CD to with the latest BIOS file but could not update because of a dead bat...