Message: 12 From: "Gene C." czar@czarc.net To: fedora-test-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: fedora x86_64 troubles Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:04:17 -0500 Reply-To: fedora-test-list@redhat.com
On Monday 26 January 2004 08:30, Justin M. Forbes wrote:
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:33:23PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote:
I had the same problem on the eMachines laptop- solved by hooking up a USB keyboard. The problem seems to go away after the first media check screen. Still unsure why.
I picked up one of these laptops to use for testing, since I needed a new laptop anyway... It should arrive today, and I will see what I can do.
I see these laptops come with 512MB ram. Can you add more memory?
Still looking for the second dimm slot.. So far, I've only found 1, which means that the max would be 1.25GB.. The door on the bottom of the laptop only exposes a single slot.
-ml
Bruce Gallemore wrote:
Message: 12 From: "Gene C." czar@czarc.net To: fedora-test-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: fedora x86_64 troubles Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 09:04:17 -0500 Reply-To: fedora-test-list@redhat.com
On Monday 26 January 2004 08:30, Justin M. Forbes wrote:
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:33:23PM -0800, Mike Larkin wrote:
I had the same problem on the eMachines laptop- solved by hooking up a USB keyboard. The problem seems to go away after the first media check screen. Still unsure why.
I picked up one of these laptops to use for testing, since I needed a new laptop anyway... It should arrive today, and I will see what I can do.
I see these laptops come with 512MB ram. Can you add more memory?
On Monday 26 January 2004 21:11, Mike Larkin wrote:
Still looking for the second dimm slot.. So far, I've only found 1, which means that the max would be 1.25GB.. The door on the bottom of the laptop only exposes a single slot.
After I posted my message, I queried tech support at eMachines. Here was their reply:
The Motherboard (Arima W720-K8) of the system can support up to 2048 MB PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR RAM (1024 MB per slot).
These are the specifications: Number of RAM Slots: 2 Total RAM Capacity: 2048 MB RAM Stick Size Limit: 1024 MB
RAM Type: PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR RAM Bus Speed: 166 MHz Number of Pins:
Please note: on ALL DDR memory the memory is running at a base rate, in this case 166MHz. Being Double Data Rate memory however gives it a "virtual speed" of 333MHz (166MHz X 2 = 333DDR). As long as the memory complies with the PC2700 SO-DIMM specifications, it should work.
I got the same answer from eMachines, but what they don't tell you is that one of the RAM slots is completely inaccessible to end users.
-ml
Gene C. wrote:
On Monday 26 January 2004 21:11, Mike Larkin wrote:
Still looking for the second dimm slot.. So far, I've only found 1, which means that the max would be 1.25GB.. The door on the bottom of the laptop only exposes a single slot.
After I posted my message, I queried tech support at eMachines. Here was their reply:
The Motherboard (Arima W720-K8) of the system can support up to 2048 MB PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR RAM (1024 MB per slot).
These are the specifications: Number of RAM Slots: 2 Total RAM Capacity: 2048 MB RAM Stick Size Limit: 1024 MB
RAM Type: PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR RAM Bus Speed: 166 MHz Number of Pins:
Please note: on ALL DDR memory the memory is running at a base rate, in this case 166MHz. Being Double Data Rate memory however gives it a "virtual speed" of 333MHz (166MHz X 2 = 333DDR). As long as the memory complies with the PC2700 SO-DIMM specifications, it should work.
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Mike Larkin