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Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60

From wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat)
Newsgroups comp.sys.laptops
Subject Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60
Date 2012-03-06 00:41 +0000
Organization Public Access Networks Corp.
Message-ID <jj3mft$oko$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References <4f322c44$0$1381$4fafbaef@reader2.news.tin.it> <jihao2$b7v$1@dont-email.me> <jimql7$d1h$1@reader1.panix.com> <jj180i$51i$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <jj180i$51i$1@dont-email.me>,
~misfit~ <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>Wow! How do I tell my T60 running 64-bit 7 Ultimate that it's wrong not 
>showing me all of the RAM?
>

	Write it a polite letter explaining that the dumb bios doesn't support
memory remapping so a bunch of the available 4GB is taken up by device 
addressing.  Make sure you point out that this is not a limitation of the
chipset, as some people on Usenet claim, but just a braindead bios.  Then dump
your old T60 for a T61.

>"512 MB or 1 GB PC2-5300 memory standard upgradable to 4 GB - Due to an 
>addressing limitation in the Intel 945PM and 945GM chipsets, only 3GB will 
>be available for use."

'	They're wrong.  In fact, turning off the net boot ram and usb support
options will get you to about 3.25 just by itself.

>
>Lenovo's BIOS base code (non-upgradable) doesn't allow any more than 3GB to 

	Voila'    So if you knew it was bad BIOS then why did you argue about
chipset bugs?   Sheesh.

	BTW, you can edit bios registers and coax another 512MB or so out of
even a T60.  Nothing to do with the chipset at all.

>Eh? It's nothing to do with "MS". <shakes head> I guess when you only have a 
>hammer everything looks like a nail?

	Specially that point on the top of your little head.  Looks just
like a 8d Common!

	BTW, Windows has some interesting memory limitations built in:

	http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us

	Go hammer on that for a while, Spike.

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Ibm Thinkpad T60 "Dark" <gd@rk.notspam> - 2012-02-08 09:03 +0100
  Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 George <george.ruch74@gmail.com> - 2012-02-08 17:23 -0700
    Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 "Dark" <gd@rk.notspam> - 2012-02-13 11:55 +0100
      Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 George <george.ruch74@gmail.com> - 2012-02-13 09:26 -0700
        Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 "Dark" <gd@rk.notspam> - 2012-02-17 12:02 +0100
    Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2012-02-21 14:03 +1300
      Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-02-22 02:47 +0000
        Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2012-02-22 21:09 +1300
          Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2012-02-28 14:30 +1300
            Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-03-01 03:32 +0000
              Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2012-03-05 15:22 +1300
                Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-03-06 00:41 +0000
                Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60 "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2012-03-07 14:11 +1300
                Re: Ibm Thinkpad T60, complete with Grateful Dead reference wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-03-09 02:59 +0000

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