[ale] [OT] Toshiba Satellite 2505 RAM

[Klepinger, Aaron]

if memory serves, i used to hold down ESC at power on (tecra 8000, 8100,
etc.) and then it prompted me to hit F1.  try that if you haven't already.
:)

-ak

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe [mailto:jknapka at earthlink.net]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:51 AM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Toshiba Satellite 2505 RAM


Mike Lockhart <backpacker at hikers.net> writes:

> Did you check the BIOS settings?  I know that my IBM has some BIOS
> settings for RAM, yours might also.  Just a thought. Hope it helps.

There doesn't seem to be a BIOS setup program; or if there is,
I have no idea how to access it. There's a DOS-mode progam called
TSETUP.EXE that appears to fulfill the functions normally
provided by the BIOS setup utility, but it does not permit
the amount of memory to be set.

Thanks,

-- Joe Knapka

> - mike
> 
> On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 23:59, Joe wrote:
> > Hi, folks.
> > 
> > Thanks again to the guys who pointed me at the Compaq tech-support
> > site a couple of weeks ago when I was trying to install new RAM
> > in my Armada laptop.
> > 
> > I have a similar problem today, with a Toshiba Satellite 2505 that I'm
> > trying to upgrade for a friend. I can physically install the RAM,
> > but the machine won't recognize it. I've tried two different SODIMMs,
> > both known to work in another machine. Neither Win98 nor Linux (Toms)
> > recognize the additional RAM; booting Linux with "mem=<real amount>"
> > results in a kernel panic early in boot, so I'm guessing there's a DIP
> > switch or something somewhere that I need to flip to tell it to use
> > the new RAM. But Toshiba has not been considerate enough to make the
> > service manual for this beastie available via WWW.
> > 
> > So, has anyone done a RAM upgrade on one of these things?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > -- Joe Knapka
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