memory upgrade compatability 390x and a20m

[qweds]

Hi,

Terribly sorry if this is a repost but when I did a search i got some 3000 hits and none seemed relevant, not sure how to focus the search on a single foum I guess.

Anyways, here is my predicament.

My company uses a whole bunch of painfully old IBM thinkpads (390X and A20M's) Anyways the thing is the company is a bankrupt estate and won't be around all that long so big boss man is not too interested in spending money on anything unnecessary. However these 5 year old machines with 128mb ram were recently upgraded to Win XP and 2000 and they are starting to buckle under the demands. I've been tasked with finding a cheap solution to keep them going so here I am. As I looked around at prices I noticed that 'generic' notebook sodimm's of pc100 could be had for as low as ~$50 for a 256mb while ibm's simpletech memory was going for no less than ~$180. Cruising over to crucial's website (for the garunteed memory selector) I found the dimm's for ~$105.

Well then, finally to my question, does anyone know if it matters at all what kind of memory i throw in here? Will any 3.3v 144pin pc 100 memory do the trick? I don't need anything special, I just need it to work. Also knowledge about any other sites that specialize in this kind of legacy memory would be appreciated.

Thanks for your time

[JHEM]

Search eBay for "33L3070", that's the part number for the IBM 256MB PC100 lo-density SODIMMs you need for those systems.

Tons available, some with BIN prices of $50! Auction prices are even lower.

Regards,

James