[X4U] Powerbook G4 1.33 GHz & CDW RAM

[Eugene Lee]

On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 03:23:35PM -0600, Nancy Spoolman wrote:
: 
: We ordered a 512 MB Chip for my Powerbook G4, 1.33 GHz from CDW. I 
: usually buy my personal RAM from Other World Computing and have never 
: had a problem. However, our district seems to want to buy from CDW. I 
: just installed the 2nd chip we received (first one locked the computer 
: up) and this one locks up, also. It says it's a SimpleTech chip and 
: that it's 2700 DDR for a Powerbook. Has anyone else experienced this 
: with their Powerbook. I just wonder if it's not a proprietary thing and 
: one has to put in Apple's RAM, which is far too expensive. I really 
: need the extra RAM! It has 512, but I certainly could use some more.

All RAM is 3rd-party RAM.  Some RAM modules are more compliant to
Apple's standards than other RAM modules.  Just make sure that CDW
has a complete lifetime replacement warranty on your PowerBook's RAM.


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Eugene Lee
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/