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    Ram Upgrade for T61p

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by aornish, Sep 11, 2007.

  1. aornish

    aornish Notebook Consultant

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    Instead of spending $80 for another 1GB of ram if I got a Thinkpad T61p, could I just buy this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145048
    and stick it in.

    Also, is that the "standard" DDR2 667Mhz ram (would I go into a vostro or Asus V2s)

    and is 5-5-5-12 the standard latency for notebook memory?
     
    aornish, Sep 11, 2007
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  2. odin243

    odin243 Notebook Prophet

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    Yes.

    Yes.

    Yes. (For DDR2 667MHz notebook RAM at least).
     
    odin243, Sep 11, 2007
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  3. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Yes but be careful how the RAM is configured, MFG's like to fill both slots so if you get 1GB and by one you only end up with 1.5GB 1Xgb & 1X512MB because it might come with 2X512MB. If that is true to get 2GB cost will be the same $80 but if you buy on your own you get two paper weights (2X512MB).

    And yes it is a standard SO DIMM so will fit in other notebooks.
     
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  4. aornish

    aornish Notebook Consultant

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    For the T61p at least the standard option is:
    1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM) [subtract $80.00]

    so that is just 1 stick
     
    aornish, Sep 11, 2007
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  5. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Yea save $40, sounds good!
     
    powerpack, Sep 11, 2007
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