Re: [NTLK] OT: Mac Question

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Thu Mar 25 2004 - 01:44:45 PST


On Mar 25, 2004, at 1:34 AM, flying canoe wrote:

> on 25/03/2004 9:05 PM, Martin Joseph at martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com
> wrote:
>
>>> for the ibook...he went through 3 different sticks and
>>> none of them worked...sure they booted, but the
>>> machine would eventually lock-up and crash upon
>>> starting any applications. BTW, this is heavily
>>> documented on many sites on the internet...
>> <snip>
>>
>> This is completely wrong information.
>>
>> Ibook never had any such memory issues. It takes completely standard
>> SO_DIMM in various speeds.
>
> Perhaps he is thinking of the PB G4 Al 12" which despite what some
> PDF's on
> Apple's website says, only takes PC2700 instead of PC2100.
>
> Those symptoms are exactly what we encountered with one of our clients.
> Swapping the RAM out fixed everything.
>
There are two versions (so far) of the 12" PB G4. There is definitely
an issue of nomenclature with Apple calling computers "Powerbook G4"
even though that name has been on 12 models...

Both of the 12" powerbooks take standard ram at there respective rated
speeds.

Marty

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