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I'm trying to reduce the number of computers I own (those of you who are married may understand why)...

For sale here is a 600E. Original machine type on the bottom of the case is 2645-4BU. Motherboard has been replaced with one from a 2645-5JU. Comes with two sticks of 128MB memory and Coppermine Celeron 500Mhz upgrade installed and working fine. One potential issue: for some reason, the machine will only show 224mb total memory. I haven't been able to figure that out.

This machine is in pretty good shape except for a little wear on the palmrest: http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?imag ... 305aw3.jpg

LCD and other plastics are in good shape. Just a little dusty.

Lid: http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/9413/p1010303ns6.jpg
Open: http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4426/p1010304av8.jpg
LCD on (and hiding my messy desk): http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9062/p1010306ev5.jpg

Hard drive and AC adapter not included. The hard drive cover and caddy are present (no screws). CD drive is included. Win98 COA on bottom of the laptop.

This can be yours for $50 shipped within the ConUS! Priority Mail, flat rate box.

Edit: I forgot to comment on the battery... it's a doorstop!

Wow, if I hadn't just purchsed the 7 600Es that I needed for a friend's business, i would snatch this up!!

For the record, I have purchased a GREAT deal of hardware/laptops from virge recently, and can highly recommend him!!

Steve, i thought for sure you'd get this, what a great deal.

tfflivemb2 wrote: For the record, I have purchased a GREAT deal of hardware/laptops from virge recently, and can highly recommend him!!

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

virge wrote:One potential issue: for some reason, the machine will only show 224mb total memory. I haven't been able to figure that out.

I know on the 600's, you need a pc66 in one of the slots to be able to read it fully. For some reason, one slot will read a pc100 stick at full capacity, but only half the capacity in the other slot. Maybe the 600E is the same???

Here is a breakdown of my experiments with my old 600

Slot 1 - 128mb pc100
Slot 2 - 128mb pc100
Built in - 32mb

Total = 224MB



Slot 1 - 128mb pc100
Slot 2 - 128mb pc66
Built in - 32mb

Total = 288mb



My last combo resulted in my max capacity:

Slot 1 - 256mb pc100
Slot 2 - 128mb pc66
Built in - 32mb

Total = 416mb

EDIT: After checking out the memory options page on Lenovos website, the only 600E's that were pc100 compatable in both slots were as follows, and the latest bios had to be updated too:

Requires BIOS version inet26ww or later
Compatible with 600E 3Ax, 5Ax, 5Bx, 4Ax, 8Ax, AAx, 4Bx, 8Bx, BAx models only.

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... WIK-3TLS8K

So that is why your old 4B board worked, but not the new 5J board.

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Wingnut wrote:
Slot 1 - 128mb pc100
Slot 2 - 128mb pc100
Built in - 32mb

Total = 224MB

The onboard 32mb is PC66 so that was disabled in order to upgrade the CPU. You would think that the memory displayed would be 256MB if both sticks were recognized or 192MB if only half of one stick were recognized.

Maybe somehow disabling the 32mb onboard disables 32mb of one stick? I don't think I have any PC66 larger than 64mb to try.

Sale pending. . . .

virge wrote:The onboard 32mb is PC66 so that was disabled in order to upgrade the CPU. You would think that the memory displayed would be 256MB if both sticks were recognized or 192MB if only half of one stick were recognized.

Maybe somehow disabling the 32mb onboard disables 32mb of one stick? I don't think I have any PC66 larger than 64mb to try.

Interesting. Sorry to take this FS thread off topic and turn it into a troubleshooting topic. But....

Have you disconnected the CMOS battery at all since you disabled the OB RAM? If so, it may have turned itself back on. I know with a 600X I was testing, I turned off the OB RAM, but it came back on after unplugging & re-plugging the CMOS battery. Just a thought. Maybe check to see that it is still disabled?

Regardless of this little "issue", it is a great price and whoever picks it up will do well.

Wingnut wrote: Interesting. Sorry to take this FS thread off topic and turn it into a troubleshooting topic. But....

I've copied this topic over to the 600/770/570 forum to continue the discussion there. Seems to be resolved.

Item sold. Thread can be locked.

Kyocera wrote:Steve, i thought for sure you'd get this, what a great deal.

I was just coming back in to buy this, but now see that it has been sold!