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ACPI failure with Win2K on IBM TransNote with 64+356 Meg Memory Fantomet 09-28-2006
Posted by Fantomet on September 28, 2006, 4:13 pm
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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 ?? :-)

/tp

Posted by BillW50 on September 28, 2006, 9:37 pm
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Fantomet 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 ?? :-)
>
> /tp

Are you sure it can handle that much memory? Some can't. Plus if it has
2 slots instead of one and it says it can handle 256MB more memory it
probably needs two 128MB cards instead of one 256MB card. Does this
help?

--
Bill



Posted by Fantomet on October 4, 2006, 12:23 pm
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BillW50 skrev:
> Fantomet 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 ?? :-)
>>
>> /tp
>
> Are you sure it can handle that much memory? Some can't. Plus if it has
> 2 slots instead of one and it says it can handle 256MB more memory it
> probably needs two 128MB cards instead of one 256MB card. Does this
> help?
>
No - but thanks anyway :-)
It can handle the built in 64 Meg, and there is only one slot - that can
handle 256 Meg according to specifications, - the Bios does not
complain, - it is Windows 2K and 98 that crashes for different reasins :-)

/tp

Posted by BillW50 on October 4, 2006, 12:32 pm
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> BillW50 skrev:
>> Fantomet 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 ?? :-)
>>>
>>> /tp
>>
>> Are you sure it can handle that much memory? Some can't. Plus if it
>> has 2 slots instead of one and it says it can handle 256MB more
>> memory it probably needs two 128MB cards instead of one 256MB card.
>> Does this help?
>>
> No - but thanks anyway :-)
> It can handle the built in 64 Meg, and there is only one slot - that
> can handle 256 Meg according to specifications, - the Bios does not
> complain, - it is Windows 2K and 98 that crashes for different
> reasins :-)

I have two Toshiba 2595XDVD laptops with 64MB on the motherboard and the
one open slot I installed 128MB of RAM (192MB total) on both machines
(the maximum it can handle they say). One of them runs Windows 98SE and
the other runs Windows 2000. So I don't think you can blame the OS. I'd
be very curious what happens with 128MB in that same machine?

--
Bill



Posted by E Brown on October 5, 2006, 12:04 pm
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:13:27 +0200, Fantomet

>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
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