Questions about T410

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Questions about T410

#1 Post by kingweb » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:04 pm

I decided to upgrade from a T400 to a T410.
But this time, I decided to save a few bucks, I just want to confirm that I made the right choice. Hopefully someone here has the experience.
I want 8GB of RAM, but I only ordered the cheapest 4GB from Lenovo. NewEgg sells 8GB of RAM for $150. Lenovo wanted close to $400 to upgrade to 8GB.
Will this memory be ok, or should I get a different brand?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

Second thing I saved on was the WWAN. It shows "upgradable". I assume that means that if I have a WWAN card, I can open up the laptop and install it. I assume the needed wiring, etc is there?
I will basically just take the AT&T card that I had in my T400 and use it.
Will this work?
George
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Z61t Core Duo 2.0 Ghz 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Vista Bus 32.
T61 14.1 T7700, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Vista Bus 64
T400 T9600, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Vista Bus 64

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Re: Questions about T410

#2 Post by ThinkRob » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:20 pm

kingweb wrote: Will this memory be ok, or should I get a different brand?
Get the cheapest brand you can. In my experience, desktop/laptop memory is one of those upgrades that "either works or it doesn't." Get some of whatever the cheapest brand is, run a good couple of cycles of memtest86+, and return it if it fails.
Second thing I saved on was the WWAN. It shows "upgradable". I assume that means that if I have a WWAN card, I can open up the laptop and install it. I assume the needed wiring, etc is there?
I will basically just take the AT&T card that I had in my T400 and use it.
Will this work?
Assuming that the card is a Lenovo-branded one (i.e. has an FRU), I assume it would. Otherwise, you're going to run into problems with the BIOS whitelist.
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Re: Questions about T410

#3 Post by kingweb » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:22 pm

Great, thanks for the tips.
George
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Z61t Core Duo 2.0 Ghz 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Vista Bus 32.
T61 14.1 T7700, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Vista Bus 64
T400 T9600, 4GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Vista Bus 64

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