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    Ask about Memory

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Charub, May 20, 2008.

  1. Charub

    Charub Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry,

    I am New with Laptop's...Sorry because may be is a very " simple and Stu..." ask but Have one Lenovo T61p with Win Vista X64 and Intel T9500, this laptops has 4 GB in RAM, but want to know If I can put two sticks of $GB ea and get 8GB in RAM ? Is possible or Not ? I read that Max RAM is 4GB but don't know Why ?

    Thanks
     
    Charub, May 20, 2008
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  2. xecid

    xecid Notebook Guru

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    I believe 64-bit Vista Ultimate currently only uses up to 4GB of ram, so anything more than that is wasted (at least for now.)
     
    xecid, May 20, 2008
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  3. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Vista Ultimate takes up to 128 GB of RAM, but currently anything over 4 GB is a complete and utter waste of money.

    That said, many laptops are limited by the motherboard and BIOS, which will fail to recognize anything over 4 GB.
     
    Lithus, May 20, 2008
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  4. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Unfortunately there are no 4GB SO-DIMM sticks out there for notebooks. Kind of sucks. :/

    I just had to 'lol' at this.

    :laugh:
     
    ScifiMike12, May 20, 2008
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  5. Charub

    Charub Notebook Consultant

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    Kingston have it:

    BRAND: KINGSTON

    MODEL: KVR667D2S5K2/4G

    TYPE: 200-PIN DDR2 SO-DIMM

    CAPACITY: 4GB

    SPEED: DDR2 667 (PC2-5300)
     
    Charub, May 20, 2008
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  6. techboydino

    techboydino Notebook Evangelist

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    its what makes reading these worth it. :D

    xecid,
    here is some reading for you. happens to us all. ;)
     
    techboydino, May 20, 2008
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  7. Charub

    Charub Notebook Consultant

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    Thank you...now Understand after read it...Is sure that I can buy two sticks of 4 GB ea and will have 8 GB in Ram....Thanks
     
    Charub, May 20, 2008
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  8. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    No, it's not sure. Right now it's not your 64-bit OS that limits you. Like Lithus stated, it will be your BIOS and motherboard. According to Lenovo, the T61p can go up to 4 GB. Honestly, I haven't seen any Lenovo notebook motherboard that can recognize more than 4 GB yet.
     
    stewie, May 20, 2008
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  9. techboydino

    techboydino Notebook Evangelist

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    the 965 chipset is limited to 4GB total.
     
    techboydino, May 20, 2008
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