On 17/01/18 22:47, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 17/01/18 02:26 PM, Wol's lists wrote:
On 17/01/18 17:47, Anton Aylward wrote:
Unfortunately, it's a tosh, so when I tried to upgrade it with a 4gig stick (making it 4+2) the new ram promptly caused it to refuse to boot - well, it booted to console in gentoo, but both SUSE and Windows bombed:-(
Maybe a memory size conflict. Try it with JUST the 4G stick.
Don't you think I didn't? :-)
A web search led me to conclude that if you didn't buy the memory that Toshiba recommend, it's unlikely to work.
I know that there are problems with Intel demands for memory and AMD demands for memory on mobos. I can't recall what tey are but it means the AMD style is a lot cheaper. Something to do with buffering IIR.
One obvious question: if the tosh was to be so problematic why did you get it? was it a great deal or was it a good idea at the time?
It was a good idea at the time ... Bear in mind, this upgrade was an attempt to give an aging computer a new lease of life - it was probably at least four (if not more) years old. It got a new battery at about the same time ... (And yes, with the new battery and bigger hard disk, it still is a nice machine. It's just that with more ram I would probably be able to hammer it more. Oh, and yes, it is an Intel chip - I prefer AMD but I think AMD laptops were like hens' teeth at the time.) Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org