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Memory compatibility
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:35 am
by peahen
Does anybody know if this memory is compatible with T60 (2613CTO)?
Kingston 1 GB DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz
Thanks
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:37 am
by XIII
Stay away from Kingston. They have bad compatibility problem with Thinkpad. I am RMAing them at the moment because they cause frequent lockup and BSOD.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:38 am
by ryengineer
Crucial is known to be very compatible with thinkpads.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:40 am
by peahen
Thanks. How about Kingston? because I just ordered one. If not, I have to cancel it.
ryengineer wrote:Crucial is known to be very compatible with thinkpads.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:45 am
by ryengineer
peahen wrote:Thanks. How about Kingston? because I just ordered one. If not, I have to cancel it.
Do not cancel your order. Keep it if it works, you can always return in case it gives you any tough time.
Run
http://www.memtest86.com/ on it on arrival.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:43 am
by codwif
has anyone tried the Corsair ram yet? there site says they support the t60, but I don't know if that will carry to the t61.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:46 am
by ryengineer
codwif wrote:has anyone tried the Corsair ram yet? there site says they support the t60, but I don't know if that will carry to the t61.
It will work.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:49 am
by jkahng
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:50 am
by codwif
ryengineer wrote:codwif wrote:has anyone tried the Corsair ram yet? there site says they support the t60, but I don't know if that will carry to the t61.
It will work.
Excellent! Now hopefully it will show up this week!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:17 am
by r. aster
I'm running Kingston RAM from Best Buy in my T60 with those specs. (Orginal 1 GB + 1 GB Kingston)
Jury is still out. I get the NMI Parity error BSOD about twice a week, only when awakening from sleep state, but I think this has something to do with the ATI x1400 or its drivers, not memory. Memory always passes its tests.
RA
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:37 am
by cy2132
I installed exactly that ram stick ( kingston 1GB PC2 5300) in my T61. It works very well now.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:16 am
by peahen
Update:
Just got the Kingston memory stick and installed it. So far so good. Run PC doctor 5 under XP and everything seems fine. Will test it in Linux and report here later.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:10 am
by wigner
Having read so many complained against Kingston, I was really hesitant to install my newly bought 1G Kingston Value Ram from Frys.com (KVR667D2SO). Although I went ahead anyway last night just curious to see whether the freezes occur to me. Open my T60 and swapped the Samsung 512 out (there is another 1G Samsung), turn the computer back on, everything was normal ever since. So people having problems with memory upgrade are sure it's not because of the defective computer hardware instead of the memory compatibility?
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:32 am
by FRiC
Kingston uses various different chipsets for the KVR series, so YMMV. For me, I only use Kingston in both desktops and notebooks, and have never ran into any problems. These are what I've used recently:
T60: 2x1GB 667 Hynix
Z61t: 2x512MB 667 Hynix
Z61t: 1x1GB 667 Kingston
R52: 2x1GB 533 Infineon
R52: 2x1GB 533 Hynix
R51e: 2x1GB 533 Hynix
R51: 2x1GB 533 Infineon