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    Upgrading thinkpad memory -- any dual channel in laptop?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by swordfish, Aug 24, 2006.

  1. swordfish

    swordfish Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm thinking of upgrading my notebook memory to 2GB. it's a t60p with 1 gb of memory. i don't know if i really need the upgrade, but my school has this tempting offer for the Kingston 1 GB memory at around USD 85, i just think that it's a good investment. does laptop has the dual channel feature?? can i paired the ibm carried memory with a Kingston? an IBM costs twofold of the Kingston.
     
    swordfish, Aug 24, 2006
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  2. chris2pher71

    chris2pher71 Notebook Evangelist

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    make sure the 1gb you have and the one your school is offering is a single stick, otherwise you'd end up with 4 sticks of 512 and only be able to use two. I'm pretty sure the dual channel feature exists, however, its more a techie term than a technological triumph. Not much/ very noticeable performance gain
     
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    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    Is it a centrino,In the Ram Guide (on this site) it says centrino nearly has no issue with dual channel,Download CPU Z go to SPD tab.
    The memories should have the same speed (e.g. PC2700,etc.)
    And I think they should have the same features.
    And I will be much better if they are exactly the same model.
    Contact your support to make sure of the dual channel support and the memory size limit.
     
    mujtaba, Aug 24, 2006
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  4. GrA

    GrA Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am thinking about the same thing.
    Considering the fact that 83 processes are runing at the same time here, I think it will be a must to upgrade to 2G some time later.
     
    GrA, Aug 26, 2006
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