3 gigs of ram in a G4 iBook
I was thinking today...Apple claims that the iBook can support up to 640mb of ram. It has three ram slots, correct? So theoretically, since there are now 1gig ram sticks available, the iBook can support 3 gigs. I think. Am I totally wrong about this? I am seriously considering a G4 iBook, but my sticking point is the small amount of ram supported. If I knew that I could use more, I would buy today, but 640 mb seems like so little ram. So can I do three gigs?
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plus another 128 soldered to the MB.
512MB + 128MB = 640MB
The iBook G4, just like it's G3 predecessor, has 128MB RAM soldered to the mobo and one (1) free RAM slot. With a 1GB stick that add up to 1152MB of RAM. That should be plenty for any iBook buyer, but is nowhere near 3GB.
Escher
To think about it 15pb only support 2gb of ram. How on earth is apple going to make an ibook with more ram than a pb?
Anyway, I think if you were going to need anything more that 640mb of ram. It would be a better idea to just go on with a pb...
Originally posted by pscates
Could these new G4 iBooks eventually (if not now) support 1.12GB RAM? Seems that I read somewhere - the day the G4 iBooks were announced last week - that "in theory" iBooks could be fitted with one of those newer 1GB DIMMs.
although officially unsupported, every mac since the iMac will actually accept "overcapacity RAM"
some rev A iMac users have 512 sticks in slots only spec'd for 256 max
as long as its the same speed/parity/flavour, a bigger stick will be addressed
ditto PB and iBooks since then
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Your all right, I was mistaken, I thought it had 2 in addition to the one that was built in, i just didn't phrase my question correctly.
Just one more FYI - the built in RAM isn't a slot you can upgrade, it's soldered in and can't be touched. You have only one slot that you can install a RAM chip into.
Originally posted by murbot
Just one more FYI - the built in RAM isn't a slot you can upgrade, it's soldered in and can't be touched. You have only one slot that you can install a RAM chip into.
Sure you can... get out that soldering gun! (semi-serious)