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Memory for a P-150 mid to late 90s Compaq laptop?

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First post, by snorg

Posted on 2014-12-19, 02:25

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I received a P-150 laptop as a gift, it has 16mb installed already. I haven't opened it up yet but my guess is the max RAM it will take is either 32MB or 64MB (but probably just 32). I think systems of this vintage used FPM or EDO but I'm not sure what bus speed I should be looking for. Any advice what to look out for before I go hitting Ebay? I may just leave it as is for now and leave as a straight DOS system.

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Reply 1 of 5, by swaaye

Posted on 2014-12-19, 05:30

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Make and model?

Reply 2 of 5, by kixs

Posted on 2014-12-19, 06:08

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I'd guess it takes EDO 144 pin. This has my P-233MMX laptop.

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Reply 3 of 5, by snorg

Posted on 2014-12-20, 05:45

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Ok, I could have sworn it was a Dell but it is actually a Compaq Presario 1610. It's about 2 inches thick and has CD controls for controlling the CD audio that are accessible with the lid closed (I guess so you can use it like a giant discman if you want?).

Reply 4 of 5, by snorg

Posted on 2014-12-20, 20:36

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Well, this looks like what I need:

http://www.cnet.com/products/32mb-upg-for-com … 610-1620/specs/

I doubt that the laptop is upgradeable beyond 48 or 64MB max, though.

Reply 5 of 5, by snorg

Posted on 2014-12-20, 20:41

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Found full system specs here, in case anyone is interested:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?d … us&dlc=en&lc=en

Full RAM capacity is 80MB, so I figure it has 16MB on-board and a single DIMM module that will accept a 64MB PC 66 DIMM.

I imagine the battery is completely shot and will need to be repacked. I don't think NIMH batteries had the problems with memory effect that the NICAD batteries had, but I don't see a nearly 20 year old battery holding much, if any, charge

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