TP 600E: Which type no. are good / bad for upgrades?

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TP 600E: Which type no. are good / bad for upgrades?

#1 Post by harald612 » Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:59 am

Hello,

I have a ThinkPad 600E, type 2645-4A0. But I read a lot about problems with other types, concerning upgrades of CPU, RAM and hard disk. Last week I got 128 MB RAM and it don't work in my machine, but in my friends machine it works!

So, which types are the good / bad one?

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T23 - PIII 1200 MHz, 1024 MB, DVD-RW, SXGA+, WLAN Display
600X - PIII 850 MHz, 576 MB, DVD, USB 2.0, WLAN int.
600E - PIII 650 MHz SS Mod, 416 MB, CD-RW/DVD, WLAN XJack
TP 760XD - P166 MHz, 104 MB, 20 GB, ESS1688, USB 2.0, LAN

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#2 Post by cmarti » Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:01 am

What type of memory are you using now pc66 or pc100?

And also do you have applied any bios update?
X32/2.0GHZ/2GB/ENGENIUS EMP-8602+S 600mw mini pci/WD 250GB
X60/1.83GHZ/2GB/Atheros/7K100

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#3 Post by harald612 » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:08 am

I use PC100. Yes, maybe I need a BIOS update!

My question is also more general. Which TP 600E type is the best for upgrading? What is your experience of good or bad types?
T23 - PIII 1200 MHz, 1024 MB, DVD-RW, SXGA+, WLAN Display
600X - PIII 850 MHz, 576 MB, DVD, USB 2.0, WLAN int.
600E - PIII 650 MHz SS Mod, 416 MB, CD-RW/DVD, WLAN XJack
TP 760XD - P166 MHz, 104 MB, 20 GB, ESS1688, USB 2.0, LAN

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#4 Post by tfflivemb2 » Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:11 pm

Personally, I liked all of the 600Es, but the ones that I have seen that had the most trouble in upgrading were the 2645-55x and 2645-A5x. They even have a different BIOS than the other 600Es. They are the red headed step child, if you will. The upgrade thread references to the BIOS hack isn't the same on these models.

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#5 Post by harald612 » Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:54 am

That seems to agree with the two different BIOS updates which are available for the TP 600E. The IHET47WW is for the types 2645 - 55x, 57x, 58x, A5x. Perhaps this different BIOS is responsible for the problems?
T23 - PIII 1200 MHz, 1024 MB, DVD-RW, SXGA+, WLAN Display
600X - PIII 850 MHz, 576 MB, DVD, USB 2.0, WLAN int.
600E - PIII 650 MHz SS Mod, 416 MB, CD-RW/DVD, WLAN XJack
TP 760XD - P166 MHz, 104 MB, 20 GB, ESS1688, USB 2.0, LAN

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