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    How to tell if you have turbo memory?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by bobfet1, Apr 25, 2008.

  1. bobfet1

    bobfet1 Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    How do you tell if your notebook has turbo memory or not?

    I just bought a t61 off of craigslist yesterday, and after taking it home I discovered it's getting constant BSODs. I read that a lot of times this has to do with turbo memory, but I can't figure out if the computer has it or not.
     
    bobfet1, Apr 25, 2008
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    JHanko Notebook Enthusiast

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    If the proper driver is installed it will show up in the Device Manager as Storage controllers > Intel Turbo Memory Controller. If there's no driver installed, it will probably show up as "Unknown Device".
     
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    what is the error listed on the BSOD? did you start with the basics and run a checkdisk /r ?
     
    techboydino, Apr 26, 2008
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    Okay thanks, it doesn't look like I have it.

    For a while I was getting all types of BSOD errors like 0x00000082, 0x00000024, something with aswMon2.sys, etc. but I think that I may have fixed the main problem now. At first it BSOD'd when coming back from sleep, then randomly, then whenever I tried to play a Youtube video.

    The notebook came with 2 gigs of ram. I saw in another post that it might be a memory parity issue, so I checked them out and found that they were made by different companies. I removed one, and I haven't had any BSODs since then after a couple hours of use. I'm planning to order a 4GB dual channel kit next week.
     
    bobfet1, Apr 26, 2008
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