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Quick warning from a T61 user by Gedvondur (4.00 / 1) #1 Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 09:02:07 PM EST

Don't put four gigs in it with XP. Its beyond XP's usable memory limit (for 32 bit XP anyway). I researched this a couple of months ago, and there is the possibility that XP will become unstable with more than 3gb of memory in it.

I even called Crucial Memory and asked them about it. That's why Lenovo doesn't offer XP Pro and 4 gigs of memory, rather three. I have three in my T61, runs like a dream.

Gedvondur
"If you do not sin, then you too may some day float like a big pink Goodyear blimp of The Lord." -theboz

: I know XP can't address more than ~3.5 gigs by FlightTest (4.00 / 1) #2 Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 10:09:18 PM EST

We have a couple machines (Dell) at work with 4 gigs and they vary from 3.2 to 3.5 gigs available, with no instability problems. I've never heard of XP becoming unstable with 4, though I'll check into it. In any event, I'll order it with 2 then figure out whether to get a 1 or 2 gig stick later.
Thanks for the warning.

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