[Thinkpad] Memory Puzzle

[vincet]

>> As a C'mas present to myself, I put 512MB of memory into my A21P [up
>> from 128MB] thinking it would make an improvement in speed.
>
>Manufacturer and spec?

Crucial; SODIMM 3.3vt PC100 FBGA

>> Just the opposite.  I'm running Win98SE and the slowdown is dramatic.
>> Quicken, for example, just barely opens and then stalls out unless I
>> close some other programs.
>
>Are you sure this is PC100 memory? A lot of the PC133 memory won't play nicely
>with 440BX chipset that the A21p (and many other Thinkpads) is built on.

Seems to be.

I'm going to try the fixed size swap file and see what that brings.

Thanks,
Phil