Recently I attempted to upgrade the memory from 256 megs to 512.
I purchased 2 256 modules (pc100 non ecc sdram sodimm) and when I put them in, the computer would only start to the BIOS. When I went to the BIOS, the total ram reading was around 383megs. So, I removed 1 and restarted the computer and it booted up so I decided to shut down and switch the memory modules and again, it booted up with no problem (I tried both modules alone).
When I put in the 1 256 and add the 128 module (that was previously in the computer), it booted up ok with about 383 megs.
The BIOS is the last known update 2.20
The manual for the Satellite 1805-s253 shows a maximum amount of ram upgrade to 512.
Anyone have this issue with a Toshiba and is there a correction as have contacted Toshiba on a few occasions but they insist they known nothing about it and that for me to have it "fixed" would cost a lot since it is out of warranty...
Thank you!
Bonnie
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The computer came with double sided ram and it always worked when I went from 128 to 256 (2x 128). So, I can't understand why it should matter now.
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