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Blake · #1 Post by **Blake** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:33 am

I currently have an x31 and its my second ibm. had a t21 then a 12 inch powerbook and now an x31.

few things.

its a 2672 but i dont know the rest. ibm says -xxl when i use their tool that figures it out. but i knw its not right.

also im about to upgrade it.
im looking for 2 512mb ram chips. what chips have people had luck with, my t21 was very selective.

also it is safe to run a 7200rpm drive in the x?

thanks guys

ibmuser · #2 Post by **ibmuser** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:02 am

For model number:

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/findpn.html

Blake · #3 Post by **Blake** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 8:38 pm

that does not work. its allways on my lap and the sticker is warn away from heat

ychandrani · #4 Post by **ychandrani** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:07 pm

By any chance, is your X31 an IBM certified used machine?

In any event, you can try these modules from Crucial: http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts. ... &submit=Go.
They should work. And, if they don't, then Crucial will take them back.

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Blake · #5 Post by **Blake** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:56 pm

yea i bought it a few months old with all the papers but its perfect. the guy did not buy from ibm, but a dealer, but i call in and they allways help me with tech issues if i have one.

what about hd suggestions

with a 7200rpm be much faster tahn a 5400 or its not worth it..

either a 60 gig 7200 or a 80 gig 5400

selvan777 · #6 Post by **selvan777** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:20 pm

I know, for me anyway, that's a significant jump in ump. Worth it...well, that depends on how healthy my wallet is at the cross roads.

ychandrani · #7 Post by **ychandrani** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:16 pm

Blake wrote:
what about hd suggestions

with a 7200rpm be much faster tahn a 5400 or its not worth it..

either a 60 gig 7200 or a 80 gig 5400

I haven't tried a 7200 rpm drive, so cannot tell you. I saw one mention recently on this forum and the person has upgraded an X31 with 60GB 7200 rpm drive. And he reports significant improvements in performance for what he does. (Can't recall the details of his post; but a search through the forums will lead you to it.) I have the 5400 rpm that comes standard with my system and am perfectly happy with it for what I do, which is a lot of word processing, some light database work, ocassional low end graphics work, & minimal dvd authoring. Therefore the short (and probably unhelpful) answer is: it depends on what you use your computer for.

Blake · #8 Post by **Blake** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:06 pm

mostly for internet, school work and ebay, music, and photos. i basically live on it, and i love it..

im getting rid of my amd tower i built so i want soemthing that will be quick, i know it wont compete with what i have , but something tolerable that i can live wtih as my only computer

but it gets hot allready, and i dont wanna hamper the battery life too much

Voodle · #9 Post by **Voodle** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:01 pm

I know I say this far too often

but I've been using a 7k60 with my X31 since july and both the X31 and 7k60 are still doing fine. Heat isn't a problem because most of the disk's heat is dissipated by the magnesium base and a little heatspreader fitted in the keyboard bezel.
Battery life is still great - average power consumption when it's just spinning is around one watt, as it should be (thanks mobilemeter) and I still get anywhere between 4-5 hours of use on one battery.

Speed is faster, I noticed the jump from 4200 > 5400 and I noticed the change from 5400 > 7200, everything is slightly more responsive and this makes it much closer in speed to a desktop system.

The only trade-off I've noticed is the noise that the drive makes, the slight whoosh sound - like a fan, coming from the disk. Certainly lots quieter than any desktop though.

I use my X31 similarly to how you're intending to use yours, and it does a great job of it, just don't bother playing any 3d games on it.

Blake · #10 Post by **Blake** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:30 pm

thanks, i dont play games, i cant get into it at all

what batter do you have, i get 3 hours on full blast right now

Voodle · #11 Post by **Voodle** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 9:07 pm

just the standard main battery, although I don't have much luck getting hold of good ones, my best X31 battery only has 42 Wh capacity (should be 48Wh).
I'm pretty cautious with power management when I'm running off the battery, so the CPU is usually locked at 600mhz and I don't have a USB mouse plugged in, the screen is usually dimmed when it doesnt need to be bright as well.

verktyg · #12 Post by **verktyg** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:58 am

Blake wrote: what about hd suggestions

Will a 7200rpm be much faster than a 5400 or its not worth it..

either a 60 gig 7200 or a 80 gig 5400

If you already have a 40G 5.400 RPM HDD then you probably wont see a lot of difference. I replaced the old 6G 4,200 RPM HDD in my T20 and it made a world of difference in performance. It wasn't just the RPM increase but the 8MB Cache vs. 2MB Cache. There are a lot of larger HDDs with only 2MB of Cache. HDD Cache makes a lot of difference in performance.

My X31 has a Hitachi 5,400 RPM 40G HDD with 8MB Cache. I tried a Toshiba MK4026GAX 5,400 RPM HDD with 16MB Cache. The Toshiba "seems" a little faster but makes a lot more noise than the super quiet Hitachi HDD.

Another question, do you really need a 60G or 80G HDD?

selvan777 · #13 Post by **selvan777** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:26 pm

I went from a Travelstar 4200RPM 20GB (P/N 07N4382) to a Toshiba 5400RPM 40GB MK4019GAX (P/N 08K9788) and noticed it's quite quieter.

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