On Saturday, November 23, 2002, at 11:11 PM, Jonathan Ramos wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I have a Wallstreet G3/266, the PDQ. You can get 256 MB RAM that fits
> in the upper
> slot that is next to the hard drive. That space is user accesible.
> This is what I
> have. With the 64 MB standard, I have a total of 320 MB. But there are
> low profile
> RAM you can get that fits in the lower slot. This space is underneath
> the
> motherboard, the hard drive, and everything else.
This is wrong... The second dimm socket is directly below the first...
It is on the opposite side of the processor card. All you have to do,
over and above installing the regular (top) dimm is to pull up the
processor card. Then the second dimm socket is apparent.
> You'll need a Mac tech to install
> the RAM in the lower slot.
It's a good idea to have a competent tech do any laptop upgrade as they
are kind of fragile.
> Anyways, there's a 256 MB RAM for that slot, also, making
> it possible for half a gig (512 MB) of RAM on your Pbook G3.
>
> RAM technology has become so efficient since the beginning of the G3
> era, we can all
> pump more memory in older Macs that they weren't designed for. I have
> a PMac
> 9600/300 (soon to be upgraded to a Sonnet G4 800) that has 4 of it's
> 12 RAM slots
> filled with 128 each.for a total of 512 MB. Originally the 9600 only
> supported 768
> MB. Now if I fill all 12 slots, I can have a gig and a half of memory!
> Anyone with
> the 8600 AV
Actually only 8 sockets fo 1gig total RAM possible.
> can have just as much RAM now but what's even cooler, they had seperate
> slots for video alone. They can upgrade to 256 MB for onboard video
> memory plus
> whatever memory they can get from a newer video card!
Huh? No.
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Marty
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