[PB] adding ram

[rob morris]

> From: Jim Freeman <jpfreeman at mac.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Apple's PowerBook computers."
> <powerbook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:21:49 -0400
> To: "A place to discuss Apple's PowerBook computers."
> <powerbook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [PB] adding ram
> 
> I don't think so guys. The 12" powerbook only has one open ram slot as
> far as I can tell. Here is what the tech specs say:
> 
> 12-inch PowerBook G4 Processor and memory €
> 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine €
> 512K SRAM on-chip L2 cache €
> 167MHz system bus €
> 256MB of PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SDRAM; one open SO-DIMM slot; support for
> up to 1.25GB
> 
> That would be 256 built in and one slot that takes up to 1 GB of RAM.
> 
> Jim
> 
> On 30-Sep-04, at 12:08 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:

>>> The 256 chip on the bottom is not "built-in" rather it is removable
>>> too. You
>>> can add another 512 there...or did I misunderstand you comment? :)
>>> You have two ram slots.  RAM is not built onto the board at all in
>>> these
>>> books.
>>> 

I am sorry, I thought he was referring to the 15 or 17" PowerBooks.
You are right on the 12" as it's logic board and general construction is
based on the iBooks. I missed that it was 12 " PowerBook.