I have ordered an el cheapo notebook for my wife to use around the house and when she travels. The reason that I went for this notebook is that she needed a 12.1" notebook and our budget was around $500. On eBay, most of the stuff in this price range was older technology. So we went with a..... Tatung notebook. I had never heard of them before, but hey, it was half the price of anything else with the same features.
On the Kingston website this notebook is listed as having a max memory of 1GB even though it has 2 sockets.
http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/conf...submit1=Search
However, the board on this notebook uses the 855GME chipset which is capable of 2GB of RAM. It has 2 sockets available for RAM modules.
Also of note, is the fact that the 14.1" Tatung says right in it's specs that it can only be upgraded to 1GB RAM.
Is it possible that Kingston is wrong on this? Is the memory limit in the BIOS itself?
Here are the specs:
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Processor: 1.4 GHz Intel Centrino Pentium M
Memory: 256MB HighSpeed DDR-RAM / Upgradeable RAM socket.
Hard Drive: 40GB Toshiba Hard Drive, 4200 RPM. Ultra DMA 33/66100/133 supported / 2.5" 9.5mm
Optical Device: Liteon combo (DVD-ROM/ + CD-RW (8x DVD-ROM, 24x CD-R, 24x CD-RW).
Display: 12.1 TFT W-XGA Color display, 1280x800 pixel (15:10)
Graphic: Intel? Extreme Graphic 855GME Chip shared momory.
Audio: 4 Speakers (1.5W) with Intergraded AC97 sound system
Network: 10/100 Mbit Fast Ethernet Lan port
IEEE 1394: FireWire IEEE 1394 for connecting digital device
Wireless LAN: Intel PRO/wireless 2200BG (54Mbps)
Battery: 6-Cells, Li-lon battery / Long life rechargeable (est- 4.5 hours)
I/O Port: 1xIEEE 1394, 2x USB2.0, 1x PCMCIA Type II, 1x VGA, 1x TV-out, 1x LAN (RJ45), 1x modem (RJ11), 1x microphone in, 1x Line in, 1x Audio jack. 1x Memory slot MMC/SD/MS/xD
Measurements: 11.4 x 1.2 x 9 (W/D/H inch)
Weight: 4.1lbs
Misc: Intergraded touchpad with 2 mouse buttons, 8 hotkeys. Modem: Internal 56K Modem (V90
Software: CyberLink Powercinema entertainment (DVD playback, MP3 audio, digial picture) without boot in Windows.
On the Kingston website this notebook is listed as having a max memory of 1GB even though it has 2 sockets.
http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/conf...submit1=Search
However, the board on this notebook uses the 855GME chipset which is capable of 2GB of RAM. It has 2 sockets available for RAM modules.
Also of note, is the fact that the 14.1" Tatung says right in it's specs that it can only be upgraded to 1GB RAM.
Is it possible that Kingston is wrong on this? Is the memory limit in the BIOS itself?
Here are the specs:
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Processor: 1.4 GHz Intel Centrino Pentium M
Memory: 256MB HighSpeed DDR-RAM / Upgradeable RAM socket.
Hard Drive: 40GB Toshiba Hard Drive, 4200 RPM. Ultra DMA 33/66100/133 supported / 2.5" 9.5mm
Optical Device: Liteon combo (DVD-ROM/ + CD-RW (8x DVD-ROM, 24x CD-R, 24x CD-RW).
Display: 12.1 TFT W-XGA Color display, 1280x800 pixel (15:10)
Graphic: Intel? Extreme Graphic 855GME Chip shared momory.
Audio: 4 Speakers (1.5W) with Intergraded AC97 sound system
Network: 10/100 Mbit Fast Ethernet Lan port
IEEE 1394: FireWire IEEE 1394 for connecting digital device
Wireless LAN: Intel PRO/wireless 2200BG (54Mbps)
Battery: 6-Cells, Li-lon battery / Long life rechargeable (est- 4.5 hours)
I/O Port: 1xIEEE 1394, 2x USB2.0, 1x PCMCIA Type II, 1x VGA, 1x TV-out, 1x LAN (RJ45), 1x modem (RJ11), 1x microphone in, 1x Line in, 1x Audio jack. 1x Memory slot MMC/SD/MS/xD
Measurements: 11.4 x 1.2 x 9 (W/D/H inch)
Weight: 4.1lbs
Misc: Intergraded touchpad with 2 mouse buttons, 8 hotkeys. Modem: Internal 56K Modem (V90
Software: CyberLink Powercinema entertainment (DVD playback, MP3 audio, digial picture) without boot in Windows.
