I'm sure the description of the Gateway LT4010u says "1GB RAM
expandable to 2GB", and I found someone selling a 2GB SO-DIMM claiming
it was for this purpose.  Crucial's website recommends this, and I've
done it on my older Acer netbook and on multiple MacBooks....

  3GB, by the way, sounds more like the 32-bit OS limit (4GB of address
space, but 1GB of that is reserved for ROMs, peripheral interfaces,
etc), rather than a chipset limitation.  (I read somewhere recently that
XP was limited to "3GB or 3.5GB depending on the hardware"....

David Gillett

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Crucial RAM selection
From: Mark Rode <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, February 08, 2013 12:43 pm
To: [log in to unmask]

Are you sure the chipset on your motherboard supports the 2GB of RAM. 
I have two older Thinkpads .. an X41 which will accept 2.5 GB of RAM 
but can only use 2GB and a T60 that has 4GB installed but the chipset 
only supports 3GB.

Mark Rode


>One of the first upgrades I'd like to perform on the new machine is 
>to replace the stock 1GB DDR SO-DIMM RAM module with a 2GB unit. I 
>ordered one at the same time as the machine, but it appears to be 
>DOA -- the screen remains dark with that module installed, instead 
>of booting...

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