[geeks] Wanted: 2 4G DDR2/PC2-5300 SODIMMs for a Thinkpad T61p

Jonathan Katz jon at jonworld.com
Fri Feb 21 10:16:44 CST 2014


I have a T61 and I flashed the BIOS with something someone hacked on
to get 8GB to recognize, and it was flakey at best. That's why I have
those spare sticks you can use in your T61p. I don't know if you are
looking at using a hacked BIOS or not, but the stock one may work and
recognize the 8G.

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 11:17:21PM -0500, Anthony Ortenzi wrote:
>>
>> You sure that the system will work with 4GB sticks?  Lenovo's site says
>> 4GB
>> max for the system.
>> http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-67709
>
>
> Yes.  4G is all they (or Intel) ever officially certified, but there are
> many, many people who have put in two 4G sticks and had it work.
>
> Bill
>
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> Bill Bradford
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-Jon
Jonathan Katz, Indianapolis, IN.


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