Urgent-Laptop Screwed!

startrekker

As far as I know the Equium A60-692 was delivered with a 256 MB internal memory. This module cannot be removed. (As far as I can tell from their website and a quick google) Could be now your laptop is screwed so a quick call to the technical helpline would ansewr your question....
Hope it isnt broke though

theCapt

tbh alot of computer retailers don't touch laptop upgrades with a barge pole because they are very easily broken and very expensive to repair.

maniac886

startrekker wrote:

As far as I know the Equium A60-692 was delivered with a 256 MB internal memory. This module cannot be removed. (As far as I can tell from their website and a quick google) Could be now your laptop is screwed so a quick call to the technical helpline would ansewr your question....
Hope it isnt broke though

i have not removed the integrated 256 memory. i have removed the extra 256mb i installed as extra last year and replaced with 1gb.

theCapt

does it work just with the integrated RAM or is that the graphics memory??

maniac886

theCapt wrote:

does it work just with the integrated RAM or is that the graphics memory??

System memory standard : 256 MB
maximum expandability : 1280 MB
data bus width : 64 bit
technology : DDR RAM
expansion module sizes : 128, 256, 512, 1024 MB

Graphics adaptor manufacturer : ATI
type : MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 7000 IGP
memory : 64 MB
memory type : DDR Video RAM (UMA)
2D graphics accelerator : Yes

espresso

It may need a BIOS update to handle that much memory or the new memory module is sh@gged.

The Toshiba Equium A60 Series has a maximum capacity of 1280 or 1536MB.

Could any of the expansion memory module contacts have been bent/misaligned?

HTH

maniac886

espresso wrote:

It may need a BIOS update to handle that much memory or the new memory module is sh@gged.



Could any of the expansion memory module contacts have been bent/misaligned?

HTH

i thought of that.... doesnt look as if they are....i have removed the memory very carefully.

theCapt

the system has 1280MB of RAM because of the integrated 256MB and the added 1024MB of RAM.

256
+ 1024
______
1280

Just had a quick look on the Toshiba forums and it basically say for others in the same situation that Toshiba laptops need compatible memory and chances are that the type of memory you have installed isn't compatible and it may have damaged the RAM you insert into the laptop and the RAM slot on your laptops motherboard.

Best thing do is going to be phoning toshiba up to get it fixed by them.

maniac886

theCapt wrote:

the system has 1280MB of RAM because of the integrated 256MB and the added 1024MB of RAM.

256
+ 1024
______
1280

Just had a quick look on the Toshiba forums and it basically say for others in the same situation that Toshiba laptops need compatible memory and chances are that the type of memory you have installed isn't compatible and it may have damaged the RAM you insert into the laptop and the RAM slot on your laptops motherboard.

Best thing do is going to be phoning toshiba up to get it fixed by them.

That hacks me off cos i emailed toshiba b4 i purchased it and they said it should work .

bingo_bango

theCapt wrote:

Just had a quick look on the Toshiba forums and it basically say for others in the same situation that Toshiba laptops need compatible memory and chances are that the type of memory you have installed isn't compatible and it may have damaged the RAM you insert into the laptop and the RAM slot on your laptops motherboard.

Best thing do is going to be phoning toshiba up to get it fixed by them.

Have to say that this sounds the most likely scenario. I'm still concerned that you cannot get drives to operate , but this may be due to the fact that the RAM dying means there is no buffer when reading.

It may be time to bite the bullet and contact Toshiba as theCapt says.
Got contents insurance with accidental damage cover?

edit: If you rang Toshiba, do you know what date and time? Who you were speaking to? If you can prove to them that you checked this with their 'experts', you may be in a position to get this done under warranty.