"STeve Andre'" wrote: >My #1 choice for memory is Crucial. One messup so far in 9+ years of >ordering from them, and zero failures on the ram itself.
Second the motion. I had a failure that pointed to bad RAM; called Crucial, they cross-shipped without hesitation. It turned out to be a failing mobo, too -- they never whined (but I felt guilty). ...phsiii -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Thinkpad Digest, Vol 65, Issue 25 Send Thinkpad mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Thinkpad digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Need M-51 Ram (Andre' Blanchard) 2. Re: Need M-51 Ram (RayBay) 3. Re: Need M-51 Ram (David Ross) 4. Re: Need M-51 Ram (Andre' Blanchard) 5. Re: Need M-51 Ram (STeve Andre') 6. Re: Need M-51 Ram (Aryeh Goretsky (home)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:40:08 -0500 From: "Andre' Blanchard" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram To: <[email protected]>, "Lewis Bailey" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Message-ID: <06a001c9951c$fc8e0ac0$6601a...@sigmund> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Wow! What a coincidence! My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because of a bad smell followed by a dead computer. Well after spending $29 dollars to a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 3.2 processor based machine?, Come on IBM!: Christmas gift from this guy's daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I was immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683). Since I was working this for a quick turnaround, I was off to the local chains: End result: PNY MD1024SD1-400 for $108 at Staples). Had a chance to get some EDGE memory for $79, but the savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it. Also I think I maxxed out this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration (i.e. 2 gig is the stated MB max). OH and JIC: Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was less than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they wanted $64 each for the PNY stuff). HTH. Andre' -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Donald MacQueen Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM To: Lewis Bailey Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram Lewis Bailey wrote: > Howdy All, > I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks. > I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software. > I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some > scanning programs. > I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to dealnews.com and signed up for an email alert on the memory I wanted, and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted. You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are getting the right stuff. Hth, Donald > Here is what I know about the IBM machine. > It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots. > XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1 serial number LPFDRW5 > 3.4 CPU. > Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 . > Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64 > Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal? > Many thanks, Lewis Bailey > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:55:16 -0700 From: RayBay <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram To: [email protected] Cc: Lewis Bailey <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Proof, once again, that the best buy is never at best buy... PNY is low end memory, as well. RayBay ________ You can be young without money but you can't be old without it. .. ... .... ..... ...... Tennessee Williams On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Andre' Blanchard < [email protected]> wrote: > Wow! What a coincidence! > > My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because of > a bad smell followed by a dead computer. Well after spending $29 dollars > to > a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 3.2 > processor based machine?, Come on IBM!: Christmas gift from this guy's > daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I was > immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram > (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683). Since I was working this for a > quick > turnaround, I was off to the local chains: End result: PNY MD1024SD1-400 > for $108 at Staples). Had a chance to get some EDGE memory for $79, but > the > savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it. Also I think I maxxed out > this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration (i.e. 2 gig is the stated > MB max). > > OH and JIC: Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was less > than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they wanted > $64 each for the PNY stuff). > > HTH. > > Andre' > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of Donald MacQueen > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM > To: Lewis Bailey > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram > > Lewis Bailey wrote: > > Howdy All, > > I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks. > > I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software. > > I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some > > scanning programs. > > > I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to > dealnews.com and signed up for an email alert on the memory I wanted, > and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted. > > You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are > getting the right stuff. > > Hth, > > Donald > > > Here is what I know about the IBM machine. > > It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots. > > XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1 serial number LPFDRW5 > > 3.4 CPU. > > Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 . > > Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64 > > Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal? > > Many thanks, Lewis Bailey > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thinkpad mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:16:58 -1000 From: "David Ross" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <b241341ede214c64a86c382716132...@x61t> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original > Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal? > Many thanks, Lewis Bailey Looks like Newegg has the Crucial for $75, and Corsair for $45 or $50 (depending on grade) after rebate. DR ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:13:14 -0500 From: "Andre' Blanchard" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram To: <[email protected]> Cc: Lewis Bailey <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected] Message-ID: <06a801c9953a$c1cb0780$6601a...@sigmund> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thanks so much for the feeback. To that end could you elaborate, perhaps, with a ranking (highest to lowest) of your (memory) 'recommendations, base on distributor/manufacturer choices? I will then stash that away for 'future reference'. Andre' -----Original Message----- From: RayBay [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:55 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; Lewis Bailey; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram Proof, once again, that the best buy is never at best buy... PNY is low end memory, as well. RayBay ________ You can be young without money but you can't be old without it. .. ... .... ..... ...... Tennessee Williams On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Andre' Blanchard < [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Wow! What a coincidence! My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because of a bad smell followed by a dead computer. Well after spending $29 dollars to a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 3.2 processor based machine?, Come on IBM!: Christmas gift from this guy's daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I was immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683). Since I was working this for a quick turnaround, I was off to the local chains: End result: PNY MD1024SD1-400 for $108 at Staples). Had a chance to get some EDGE memory for $79, but the savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it. Also I think I maxxed out this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration (i.e. 2 gig is the stated MB max). OH and JIC: Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was less than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they wanted $64 each for the PNY stuff). HTH. Andre' -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ]On Behalf Of Donald MacQueen Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM To: Lewis Bailey Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram Lewis Bailey wrote: > Howdy All, > I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks. > I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software. > I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some > scanning programs. > I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to dealnews.com <http://dealnews.com> and signed up for an email alert on the memory I wanted, and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted. You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are getting the right stuff. Hth, Donald > Here is what I know about the IBM machine. > It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots. > XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1 serial number LPFDRW5 > 3.4 CPU. > Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 . > Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64 > Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal? > Many thanks, Lewis Bailey > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:45:39 -0500 From: "STeve Andre'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" My #1 choice for memory is Crucial. One messup so far in 9+ years of ordering from them, and zero failures on the ram itself. PNY seems to be half junk. I really try to steer friends away from them, after the 4th or 5th problem with them. --STeve Andre' On Sunday 22 February 2009 17:13:14 Andre' Blanchard wrote: > Thanks so much for the feeback. To that end could you elaborate, perhaps, > with a ranking (highest to lowest) of your (memory) 'recommendations, base > on distributor/manufacturer choices? I will then stash that away for > 'future reference'. > > Andre' > > -----Original Message----- > From: RayBay [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; Lewis Bailey; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram > > Proof, once again, that the best buy is never at best buy... PNY is low end > memory, as well. > > > RayBay > > ________ > > You can be young without money > but you can't be old without it. > > .. ... .... ..... ...... Tennessee Williams > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Andre' Blanchard < > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > Wow! What a coincidence! > > My longtime friend dropped off his Thinkcentre with me (808533U) because of > a bad smell followed by a dead computer. Well after spending $29 dollars > to a salvager for the replacement L-shaped supply (230W for a Pentium 4 3.2 > processor based machine?, Come on IBM!: Christmas gift from this guy's > daughter, paid over $2000 in 2005 dollars, but that's another story), I was > immediately shocked to find this 'gem' with only 256mb DDR PC 3200 ram > (Samsung PC3200U CL3 IBM FRU 73P2683). Since I was working this for a > quick turnaround, I was off to the local chains: End result: PNY > MD1024SD1-400 for $108 at Staples). Had a chance to get some EDGE memory > for $79, but the savings and time to get it was not 'worth' it. Also I > think I maxxed out this machine in spite of the 4 slot configuration (i.e. > 2 gig is the stated MB max). > > OH and JIC: Best Buy had a chance to price match for a store that was less > than 2 miles away (they did not!, but again another story, i.e. they wanted > $64 each for the PNY stuff). > > HTH. > > Andre' > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> ]On > Behalf Of Donald MacQueen > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:28 AM > To: Lewis Bailey > Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram > > Lewis Bailey wrote: > > Howdy All, > > I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks. > > I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software. > > I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some > > scanning programs. > > I had a similar problem but I could afford to wait, so I went to > dealnews.com <http://dealnews.com> and signed up for an email alert on the > memory I wanted, > and eventually found some for much less than Crucial wanted. > > You can also cruise ebay but it is more difficult to know that you are > getting the right stuff. > > Hth, > > Donald > > > Here is what I know about the IBM machine. > > It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots. > > XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1 serial number LPFDRW5 > > 3.4 CPU. > > Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 . > > Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64 > > Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal? > > Many thanks, Lewis Bailey ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:58:31 -0800 From: "Aryeh Goretsky (home)" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hello, You might want to consider upgrading the ThinkCentre M51 8413 up to 4GB of RAM. The Intel Pentium 4 540 CPU is a 64-bit (EMT64, in Intel-speak) processor, so if you were to go to a 64-bit version of Windows XP or Vista (or Linux or other operating system) the CPU would be able to address all the memory. Regards, Aryeh Goretsky At 10:00 AM 2/22/2009, you wrote: >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:08:16 -0500 >From: "Lewis Bailey" <[email protected]> >Subject: [Thinkpad] Need M-51 Ram >To: <[email protected]> >Message-ID: <b6d13313416a435fade8ae2845bc9...@s0029571593main> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Howdy All, >I enjoy the list and have learned much from all you folks. >I am using an X61 laptop and desktop to run some software. >I have bought a refurbed ThinkCentre M-51 and need more ram to run some >scanning programs. >Here is what I know about the IBM machine. >It has two sticks of 512 and two empty slots. >XP pro OS--Model MT-M 8143-DE1 serial number LPFDRW5 >3.4 CPU. >Crucial wants $89.90 for two 1GB (2x1GB) sticks. DDR PC3200 . CL=3 . >Unbuffered . NON-ECC . DDR400 . 2.6V . 128Meg x 64 >Does anyone have some to sale or point me to a better deal? >Many thanks, Lewis Bailey ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad End of Thinkpad Digest, Vol 65, Issue 25 **************************************** _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
