E Brown skrev:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:13:27 +0200, Fantomet
> <fantomet@hougaardpedersen.dk> wrote:
>
>> The IBM TransNotes is a very peculiar Notebook with a 600 Mhz PIII
>> processor in a flar cabinet comined with a scribe-pad - a forerunner for
>> the tablet PC.
>>
>> My Trans Notes has worked fine with the built in 64 Meg memory, - but
>> when I install extra 256 Meg memory - according to IBM's own
>> specifications - I get a ACPI failute and blue screen on Windows "K
>> startup.
>>
>>
>> If I remove the Memory block it all works fine again.
>>
>> Anyone knows the trick ?? :-)
>>
> I've got two t-notes with Crucial 256MB chips in them and no
> problems with this (though I recently started getting Ink Transfer
> errors after installing a Divx codec).
> Are you sure that you've got good RAM that meets IBM's exact
> specifications? ThinkPads are picky about RAM, especially from that
> time period. You should also be running the latest BIOS.
> Next, did you adjust your hibernate file after the upgrade? You can
> get a bluescreen if your RAM size and hibernate file don't match.
> Lastly, have you tried the TransNote mailing list?
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/TransNote/. Not as busy as csl, but
> has the benefit of being populated by people that have heard of the
> TransNote - it's a pretty obscure model.
> HTH,
> epbrown
> --
> "Everybody wants a normal life and a cool car;
> most people will settle for the car." Chris Titus
> 2003 BMW 325i Black/Black, 2003 BMW Z4 Black/Black
Thank you for the advice, - in the mailing list you refer to I can see,
that TransNotes for some reasin prefers RAM with chips on both sides, -
an my brand new, up_to_specifications RAM has chips one side only, - but
who said it should be easy to revive a freaky thing like a TransNote :-)

/tp