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Re: Internet Sources for TP750 RAM
- To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
- Subject: Re: Internet Sources for TP750 RAM
- From: Craig Larsen <larsenc@LCS.com>
- Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 23:46:30 -0700
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At 10:33 PM 6/9/97 +0100, you wrote:
>
>I asked this question once ages ago, but have lost the
>replies I got. Can anyone point me to any _reputable_
>sources for ordering a 16MB Ram upgrade for my
>Tp750? I'm looking for either true-blue IBM
>memory or IBM-approved. (Is Kingston approved? What else?)
(all prices are USD $)
Kingston is not "Thinkpad Approved". One may wonder why..
the only two thinkpad approved memory vendors are Apex Data
and Apricorn. I've got 2 32MB Kingston DIMM's in my 760ED.
Cost: $300. They work fine. Apricorn's would have been
$350 each.
The thing to watch out for with Laptop memory is that they
don't "stack" the ram. My Kingston 32MB DIMM's have 4 chips
on each DIMM. A "stacked" DIMM would have about 8 or 10.
I could have bought 2 "stacked" Hitachi 32MB DIMMs for my
TP for $240 each, but I found out that this would have been
the absolute worst solution: high power consumption, poor
reliability.
BTW, does anyone know if there is a 760ED specific mailing
list ?
Thanks,
Craig Larsen
larsenc@LCS.com