[PB] adding ram

[Brian Olesky]

On 9/30/04 12:59 PM, "rob morris" <rob.morris at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 
>> 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.

Actually, it was a 15" PB I was referring to, but it's interesting to note
that the 12" is different.

Brian
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