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Hi guys

Purchased a second hand t410 there about 2 weeks ago, since then I have reformatted and installed linux mint. Anyway I had the system when I got it came with 1x2GB and 1x1Gb stick inside. So I went ahead an purchased 2 sticks of kingston 4GB 1Rx8 PC3L 12800s(second hand). I had done a little research on what frequency the t410 could take and it was 1033 but shouldn't have a real issue with 1600 as it would just under-clock it(I could be wrong)

Now I have tried both sticks in the laptop and all I get is a constant resetting after choosing from normal, safe or memory test(which fails). When I use one of the sticks only can get to the desktop for it to crash within a minute or so. When I have both sticks in my laptop I can see them in listed in the BIOS.

From looking at the kingston RAM and googling, I think it is running at 1.35v (PC3L) While the old RAM in the laptop is PC3 which runs at 1.50v. Would this be whats causing the issue I am having? Is there anyway of solving the issue or do I just have incompatible RAM? From doing more googling I see RAM models with 1.35v listed as compatible with my model thinkpad.

Any advice would be welcome and I would be very grateful.

Cheers
John

I suppose the short answer is that if they don't work in your T410, then they aren't compatible and you'll have to swap them.

Looking at http://superuser.com/questions/662033/c ... m-together though it maybe depends on whether the RAM sticks support dual voltage or not. I have a 4 GB Kingston ASU1600S11-4G-EDEG module (plus a different 2 GB) in my T410 working fine, I believe that's standard DDR3 RAM.

EDIT: see this similar thread http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=112899

rjwilmsi wrote:I suppose the short answer is that if they don't work in your T410, then they aren't compatible and you'll have to swap them.

Looking at http://superuser.com/questions/662033/c ... m-together though it maybe depends on whether the RAM sticks support dual voltage or not. I have a 4 GB Kingston ASU1600S11-4G-EDEG module (plus a different 2 GB) in my T410 working fine, I believe that's standard DDR3 RAM.

EDIT: see this similar thread http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=112899

Hi thanks for the reply, yea from looking at that thread I seem to be havign the same problem. I had a choice between kingston and Micron. So I might ask teh man for a swap on the sticks. I'll keep investigating as well.

Cheers

Hi bluejohn,

I got the sticks in the mail (I listed what I ordered in the other post) the other day but I will install them over the weekend and let you know how it goes. Lets hope for the best my friend.

Talk to you soon,
John

Hi bluejohn,

I just want to say that the modules that I purchased work! Here is the link to my post that I just entered.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 73#p725873

Good luck in you getting the modules swapped out. Let us know how it works out.

Talk to you soon,
John

Hi there bluejohn,
you from Castleton by any chance?
I visited 'Cambion Electronics' there, on a business trip way back in 1971.
The very pretty receptionist showed me the real Blue John...
Either way, welcome to the forum!
Erin go bragh!