[G4] MDD G4 has some quirks

[Luke Rademacher]

MDD's max RAM is 2GB. the Dual 1Ghz / Dual 1.25Ghz / Dual 1.42Ghz  
models can only use
PC2700 DDR333 RAM. up to 4, 512MB DIMM's.

Yep F12 is the magic Open DVD/CD key for non-apple keyboards.

Peace,

Luke R.


On Sep 19, 2008, at 9:32 AM, OBrien wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:58:28 -0700 (PDT), Kevin Walsh wrote:
>> Just got my dirty paws on a Mirror Drive Door model PowerMac, wanna
>> run down a list of quirks with you brainiacs to see if there's any
>> fixes round the bend.
>>
>>
>> attempting 2 gigs of RAM........
>
> That model can't use 2 gigs, can it?
>
>>
>> opening the cd tray:  There's no eject button on the exterior as
>> most of you are familiar.  I'm able to trick it to open through
>> iTunes.  As indicated above, I'm using an old iMac keyboard - soon
>> to upgrade that - should one with the eject key work?
>
> My G5 has no eject button at the drive. I use the eject button on  
> the white keyboard. I think you can use the F12 key on older  
> keyboards to open the CD door -- it's been awhile, so I'm not quite  
> sure if that's right.
>
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> O'Brien
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