Thinkpad 310ED RAM - Give or Take?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:35 pm
I recently restored a 310ED, which I plan to use for one of my friend's competition then sell for about $30-40.
I bought it for $20, and it was quite a heap; white marks and scratches covered the edges and scattered the case, the CD-ROM wouldn't work half the time, and the PC card slots wouldn't work right. Plus because of a graphics issue, it was limited to 800x600 in 16 color. even changing to 640x480 crashed the system.
After a bit of work though, it's working very nicely. The CD-ROM works perfectly and the case looks pretty nice, thanks to a bit of touch up paint. Thank goodness the case wasn't the special rubbery plastic.
When I bought the machine I bought it with a 760ED as well, which suffered an ill fate when I tried running a 2.1 GB HD with it, the power supply might have failed, and it refuses to take power from the adapter(but still takes power from the battery. lol.) I stripped it and donated it to the school to be used as a photo prop. I ended up taking the RAM out of the 760 and putting it in the 310, and the 310 accepted it, and now has 64 MB RAM.
Question: The 310's performance doesn't seem to significantly change when the extra RAM is installed, so should I remove the other 32 MB stick for use in other Thinkpads, or keep it in the 310 and sell it with the extra RAM?
I bought it for $20, and it was quite a heap; white marks and scratches covered the edges and scattered the case, the CD-ROM wouldn't work half the time, and the PC card slots wouldn't work right. Plus because of a graphics issue, it was limited to 800x600 in 16 color. even changing to 640x480 crashed the system.
After a bit of work though, it's working very nicely. The CD-ROM works perfectly and the case looks pretty nice, thanks to a bit of touch up paint. Thank goodness the case wasn't the special rubbery plastic.
When I bought the machine I bought it with a 760ED as well, which suffered an ill fate when I tried running a 2.1 GB HD with it, the power supply might have failed, and it refuses to take power from the adapter(but still takes power from the battery. lol.) I stripped it and donated it to the school to be used as a photo prop. I ended up taking the RAM out of the 760 and putting it in the 310, and the 310 accepted it, and now has 64 MB RAM.
Question: The 310's performance doesn't seem to significantly change when the extra RAM is installed, so should I remove the other 32 MB stick for use in other Thinkpads, or keep it in the 310 and sell it with the extra RAM?
