8 Gig RAM

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adrianaitken · #1 Post by **adrianaitken** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:56 pm

A while back there was a topic about putting 8Gig (2 x 4Gig modules) in X61 laptops.
Well, they are now appearing on ebay but at the current price I'd like to be sure that they work. The guy selling them (Samsung modules) says to check www.memoryx.net which for Lenovo X61 states is a max of 2 x 2Gig RAM modules.

Has anyone taken the plunge and upgraded to 8 Gig and if so what operating system are you running ?

AvalonXIII · #2 Post by **AvalonXIII** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:34 pm

adrianaitken wrote:A while back there was a topic about putting 8Gig (2 x 4Gig modules) in X61 laptops.
Well, they are now appearing on ebay but at the current price I'd like to be sure that they work. The guy selling them (Samsung modules) says to check www.memoryx.net which for Lenovo X61 states is a max of 2 x 2Gig RAM modules.

Has anyone taken the plunge and upgraded to 8 Gig and if so what operating system are you running ?

The X61/X61s can theoretically supports 8gb of ram. However, are you sure the 4gb modules on ebay isn't for desktop/server and not laptop?

adrianaitken · #3 Post by **adrianaitken** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:27 pm

Definately for laptops

DDR2 667 MHZ 2GB 200 PIN SO DIMM
PC2-5300 CL5 (Cas Latency) 1.8v using 512Mx64 chips

and the picture is a SODIMM.
The seller lists a bunch of Dell,Tosh and HP/Compaqs which defineately can use them.

aaa · #4 Post by **aaa** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:46 pm

This is encouraging. Works on a T61p, at least.

SHoTTa35 · #5 Post by **SHoTTa35** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:50 pm

holy!

It would cost as much as a new laptop to get 8GB of RAM. ($1,200!!!)

I guess i'll max my system out with 3GB and be happy with that

adrianaitken · #6 Post by **adrianaitken** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:53 am

US$650 via the UK ebay seller.
Trouble is you need to move upto 64 bit to use it and none of my programs are native 64 bit.

crashnburn · #7 Post by **crashnburn** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:37 pm

I guess its good to know that we are a little more future proofed

netrider · #8 Post by **netrider** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:35 pm

I cant rearly follow u...as far as i remember does the chipset of x61(s) only support 4gig of ram.
any other experiences?

aaa · #9 Post by **aaa** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:33 pm

netrider wrote:I cant rearly follow u...as far as i remember does the chipset of x61(s) only support 4gig of ram.
any other experiences?

Actually the chipset does use 8gb, since it is the same as the T61p in the link I had above.

Although nobody has actually tried it with an X61 yet...

adrianaitken · #10 Post by **adrianaitken** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:32 am

It's whether Lenovo has crippled the BIOS is the important question. If they have then it doesn't matter if the chipset supports it or not.

tyanlion · #11 Post by **tyanlion** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:43 pm

your'e running the x64 version of vista right?

adrianaitken · #12 Post by **adrianaitken** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 2:28 pm

Server 2008

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