T43 RAM Upgrade issue

[kookaburra]

Well, the price is going down all the time.

I want to upgrade 512MB+1G to 1G+1G or 2G+1G.

But I know the intel chip on T43 officially only support 2G Maximun.

So does any one can tell me what will happen if I install more than 2G? Thx.

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I searched but didn't find the experiment result.

[aaa]

There's a thread on doing it with the X41.

I'm pretty sure a 2GB stick will work by itself, it's whether a second stick will be detected.

Officially the max is 2x1GB.

[Aroc]

I believe there were reports on this forum of people getting the unit to detect 2.5GiB of RAM, but no more. (the official maximum is 2GiB). Maybe someone can help provide you a link if your searching is not fruitful.

[ulrich.von.lich]

The maximum amount of memory the chipset can use is 2GB. So even if 2.5GB is detected (either in BIOS or in XP/Linux/Whatever), it won't be any faster than 2GB.

If I were you, I would use one single 2GB stick (PC2-5300 CL5 or above if you want a Lenovo-branded memory, it will work like a PC2-4200) and leave one slot empty.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=41061

[davidspalding]

You will get slight performance improvements (near imperceptible unless you're running the right multimedia apps) if you combine two identical 1 GB sticks. Dual channel memory is a feature the T43.

I run that and I'm quite happy with the performance.

[kookaburra]

You will get slight performance improvements (near imperceptible unless you're running the right multimedia apps) if you combine two identical 1 GB sticks. Dual channel memory is a feature the T43.

I run that and I'm quite happy with the performance.

yeah, I will get another 1GB and make it a 1G+1G Dual channel~


thanks to all of you guys~

[ulrich.von.lich]

You will get slight performance improvements (near imperceptible unless you're running the right multimedia apps) if you combine two identical 1 GB sticks.

May I ask if identical here means memory sticks of the same type (eg: PC2-4200) or of the same brand?

I heard different Windows Experience Index scores were obtained while using different combination of memory modules of different brands.

[kookaburra]

You will get slight performance improvements (near imperceptible unless you're running the right multimedia apps) if you combine two identical 1 GB sticks.

May I ask if identical here means memory sticks of the same type (eg: PC2-4200) or of the same brand?

I heard different Windows Experience Index scores were obtained while using different combination of memory modules of different brands.

anyway I am using a 512MB+1G and it shows Dual in Cpu-Z