Hi all... Dumb question time! Is memory chips for a Toshiba different from from a normal computer? I don't want to open my Tos without knowing what to do. BTW, if there is a difference between them, does anyone have some laying around? If so, how about recycling them? TIA -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer
On Tue, 2001-12-25 at 08:24, Jim Hatridge wrote:
Dumb question time! Is memory chips for a Toshiba different from from a normal computer?
Depends on what you're talking about, ("Junker"?) Jim. :) Start with the model, and head to http://www.crucial.com/ to see if they have memory for it. If they don't, it's proprietary, and you need to do more digging. Are we talking about a desktop or a laptop? Most, as in "almost every single", desktop machines use either SIMMs or DIMMs, of which there are several types each. Laptops from pre-SODIMM days mostly used proprietary memory. SODIMMs (relatively speaking) are pretty new technology. Look to Crucial, then to Kingston, and let us know what you find out... -- -=|JP|=- Need a good geek? I'm unemployed! '01 B15 SE/PP | http://www.xanga.com/cowboydren/ | < '95 SL2 Auto | cowboydren @ yahoo . com | _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
On Wednesday 26 December 2001 04:27, Jon Pennington wrote:
Depends on what you're talking about, ("Junker"?) Jim. :) Start with the model, and head to http://www.crucial.com/ to see if they have memory for it. If they don't, it's proprietary, and you need to do more
I've wanted to upgrade the memory on my Sony FX101 laptop for a while now but I was put off by sony's prices. I went to crucial.com and was quoted under 40 pounds for 256 MB SO-DIMM. This compares to 350 pounds for the same from sony. That is an _outrageous_ price difference in my opinion. Anyway, Thanks for the tip. Chris
On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 12:20, Chris O'Toole wrote:
I went to crucial.com and was quoted under 40 pounds for 256 MB SO-DIMM. This compares to 350 pounds for the same from sony. That is an _outrageous_ price difference in my opinion.
Duh. Unless you're absolutely paranoid about quality control, what would posess you to buy memory from the laptop manufacturer, anyway?
Anyway, Thanks for the tip.
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* Jon Pennington (cowboydren@yahoo.com) [011226 10:49]: ->On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 12:20, Chris O'Toole wrote: -> ->> I went to crucial.com and was quoted under 40 ->> pounds for 256 MB SO-DIMM. This compares to 350 pounds for the same from ->> sony. That is an _outrageous_ price difference in my opinion. -> ->Duh. Unless you're absolutely paranoid about quality control, what ->would posess you to buy memory from the laptop manufacturer, anyway? Well, I've used crucial.com serveral times to get memory for various workstations at the office. I've never had a bad product from them. They are owned by Micron which just bought out several RAM producers. My wife ordered 3X512M dimms for my workstation at home and it's been running perfectly since xmas eve..no problems. Because crucial is owned by Micron and they are one of the largest producers of RAM..I wouldn't worry about quality. It's there. :) Cheers! -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
If you call up Crucial on the phone, they will answer your questions, and you won't have to guess. That's a great outfit! And I have no financial interest in them. (They will tell you what you need, and then tell you to order it on the Net, and save 10%. How can you beat service like that?) --doug At 22:27 12/25/2001 -0600, Jon Pennington wrote:
On Tue, 2001-12-25 at 08:24, Jim Hatridge wrote:
Dumb question time! Is memory chips for a Toshiba different from from a normal computer?
Depends on what you're talking about, ("Junker"?) Jim. :) Start with the model, and head to http://www.crucial.com/ to see if they have memory for it. If they don't, it's proprietary, and you need to do more digging. Are we talking about a desktop or a laptop? Most, as in "almost every single", desktop machines use either SIMMs or DIMMs, of which there are several types each. Laptops from pre-SODIMM days mostly used proprietary memory. SODIMMs (relatively speaking) are pretty new technology. Look to Crucial, then to Kingston, and let us know what you find out...
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HI Jon et al... On Wednesday 26 December 2001 05:27, Jon Pennington wrote:
On Tue, 2001-12-25 at 08:24, Jim Hatridge wrote:
Dumb question time! Is memory chips for a Toshiba different from from a normal computer?
Depends on what you're talking about, ("Junker"?) Jim. :) Start with
I had to drop "Junker", my darling wife hated it. <G>
the model, and head to http://www.crucial.com/ to see if they have
So, I looked at crucial.com and found that they had 32mb and 64 mb chips for my system. BTW I have a Toshiba Satellite 220CS laptop with 16mb built-in memory and you can add up to 128mb in a single chip. What I found surprising was that the 64mb chip was about half the price of the 32mb. I looked over everything and to be honest I still am not sure does this laptop need special "laptop memory chips" or normal 72pin etc memory?
memory for it. If they don't, it's proprietary, and you need to do more digging. Are we talking about a desktop or a laptop? Most, as in "almost every single", desktop machines use either SIMMs or DIMMs, of which there are several types each. Laptops from pre-SODIMM days mostly used proprietary memory. SODIMMs (relatively speaking) are pretty new technology. Look to Crucial, then to Kingston, and let us know what you find out...
TIA -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer
* Jim Hatridge (James.Hatridge@epost.de) [011227 09:51]: -> ->HI Jon et al... -> -> ->On Wednesday 26 December 2001 05:27, Jon Pennington wrote: ->> On Tue, 2001-12-25 at 08:24, Jim Hatridge wrote: ->> > Dumb question time! Is memory chips for a Toshiba different from from a ->> > normal computer? ->> ->> Depends on what you're talking about, ("Junker"?) Jim. :) Start with -> ->I had to drop "Junker", my darling wife hated it. <G> -> ->> the model, and head to http://www.crucial.com/ to see if they have -> ->So, I looked at crucial.com and found that they had 32mb and 64 mb chips for ->my system. BTW I have a Toshiba Satellite 220CS laptop with 16mb built-in ->memory and you can add up to 128mb in a single chip. What I found surprising ->was that the 64mb chip was about half the price of the 32mb. -> ->I looked over everything and to be honest I still am not sure does this ->laptop need special "laptop memory chips" or normal 72pin etc memory? -> Jim, Just follow the popdown choices until you get all your specs right. They sell memory for everything from old laptops to Sun Microsystems Blade desktops... If it's specified there..then I trust crucial. I've made at least 20 orders from them and never been screwed on something they said they had. Cheers! -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
On Thu, 2001-12-27 at 12:56, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Just follow the popdown choices until you get all your specs right. They sell memory for everything from old laptops to Sun Microsystems Blade desktops...
Um, well, I think Jim actually found the part number he needs, but to specifically answer his question about the layout, it's not *exactly* standard. The Toshiba family *mostly* used the same packaging format for their DIMMs, but they're not SODIMMs, nor are they much like desktop SIMMs or DIMMs. Compaq laptop DIMMs are entirely different, as are IBM laptop DIMMs, as are Fujitsu...you get the picture? Before the age of SODIMMs, now the standard for laptop RAM, there was no real standard. Glad to hear about your success! My uncles, by some twist of fate, all have similar Toshiba Satellites of that era; I must visit Crucial to see what the prices really *are* like! :D -- -=|JP|=- Need a good geek? I'm unemployed! '01 B15 SE/PP | http://www.xanga.com/cowboydren/ | < '95 SL2 Auto | cowboydren @ yahoo . com | _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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