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rscosworth · #1 Post by **rscosworth** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:31 pm

Guys,

Looking to upgrade my memory but cant find any decent information,

Looking to buy 1GB dimms, but what speed? can i use lower speeds - will they work ok?

Also, what is the max i can put in the machine?

Cheers

#2 Post by **archer6** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:24 pm

rscosworth wrote:Looking to upgrade my memory but cant find any decent information,

Looking to buy 1GB dimms, but what speed? can i use lower speeds - will they work ok?

Also, what is the max i can put in the machine?

The correct memory for your ThinkPad (Z60m 2529-RDG) is: PC2-4200 CL4 DDR 533MHz SDRAM

I would highly suggest that you stay with that speed. Regarding the maximum supported ram, the answer is 2 GB.

truthiness · #3 Post by **truthiness** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:45 pm

Is there any disadvantage from installing different storage capacities? i.e. adding a 1Gb stick along with the factory 512Mb?

dwkim · #4 Post by **dwkim** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:39 am

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dwkim · #5 Post by **dwkim** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:42 am

Humpa · #6 Post by **Humpa** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:38 pm

u2wedge wrote:Is there any disadvantage from installing different storage capacities? i.e. adding a 1Gb stick along with the factory 512Mb?

No, you can get a 1GB stick - they don't have to be matched by size (just use the correct one, like archer6 said).

EDIT: actually, I don't know if there's an advantage to using the same size. My Z60m shows it is operating in Dual channel mode (using PC Wizard 2006) - I have the original 1GB stick and a PC2-4200 CL4 DDR 533MHz SDRAM 1GB stick that I bought from Crucial. Perhaps it won't run in Dual if they are not matched - but I'd think that a 1GB and a 512MB would be faster than 2 512MB's. But I really don't know, so I don't know why I'm responding.

EDIT2: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=29853
Get a 1GB, then get another one when you can afford it.

sapibobo · #7 Post by **sapibobo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:10 am

Is there any way we can tell that Windows is working in dual mode memory? I tried to look in some system properties but have no luck so far.

Thanks

Humpa · #8 Post by **Humpa** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:52 pm

sapibobo wrote:Is there any way we can tell that Windows is working in dual mode memory? I tried to look in some system properties but have no luck so far.

Thanks

Not that I know of.
Jut google "pc wizard 2006" - you don't even have to install it, you can run it from a folder or whatever.
Once you run it, go to the Mainboard icon (looks like a pc with a green arrow) then click on the "chipset" icon in the main window (not the memory icon!) and you will see the memory info (and other stuff) in the bottom window - the memory info will show "activated channels" > Dual (or whatever)

warder · #9 Post by **warder** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:18 am

CPU-Z (a tiny program) also shows the Dual channel status I believe.

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