***** charles wrote:
> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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>> "***** charles" <someone@out-there.com> wrote in message
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>>> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote in message
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>>>> ***** charles wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to tell without opening the case as to
>>>>> the configuration of ram in the computer?  It says 256M
>>>>> in SYSTEM but I need to know if it is 2)128M or
>>>>> 1)256M.
>>>>
>>>> When you first turn on your computer, there is a key to hit
>>>> to get into Setup. Once there, it will generally tell you
>>>> what slots has how much memory installed.
>>>
>>> later....
>>
>> Usually the F1 or F2 key. But it should tell you on the screen
>> when you first power up which key to hit to go into Setup.
>>
>> --
>> Bill
>
> This Toshiba doesn't do that.  I have tried all kinds of key
> combinations. None worked.  I think it just does the hardware
> management inside
> Windows at the Control Panel level.  I opened the computer and
> saw
> that it had one stick of 256M in it so that was a pleasant
> surprise.  Now I only have to get one more 256M stick to max
> out the ram.  If it had
> had two 128M sticks I would have had to get two 256M ram sticks
> to do what I wanted.
>
> thanks,
> charles....


"Borrowed" from another site....

Three options to get to the BIOS Setup on Toshibas (Includes
Satellite 1405-S171)

From Windows, use the HWSetup program.The HWSetup program comes
preinstalled on these Toshiba models, and it is also contained in
the Toshiba Utilities package for these models, which can be
downloaded from the Toshiba support website. To run HWSetup, open
the Control Panel and double-click the HWSetup program.

Starting with the system powered off (not in Sleep/Suspend or
Hibernate mode) Press the power button and then immediately press
and hold the Esc key while the system runs the POST (Power On Self
Test). When the POST finishes, a prompt will appear telling you to
press the F1 key to enter BIOS Setup.

From MS-DOS, running the TSETUP program-TSETUP must be run under
MS-DOS mode and not in a DOS session under Windows. The TSETUP
utility will not work if a memory manager such as HIMEM.SYS,
QEMM386, or equivalent is installed. TSETUP comes with the
software provided with the system, or it can be downloaded from
the Toshiba support website.