Adding RAM to G3 (Lombard 333) --Go for broke, or more conservative?

[D. G. Bowie]

OK, now I've upgraded my internal 2.5" hard drive on my Powerbook G3 
(bronze keyboard/Lombard-333 mhz) from its original 4 GB to 40. 
Despite one person's prediction that this Fujitsu ATA-6 drive would 
not work, surprisingly it works flawlessly, so now it's on to my next 
task, that of increasing the RAM.

Currently, I have 192 MB of RAM (DIMM), with 128 J1/upper socket, and 
64 on the J3/lower (low profile) socket.  Before I replace the 64 RAM 
card in the lower socket, I want to make sure it's wise to do this, 
with regard to heat generation, etc.  I occasionally hear the 
whirring up of what must be a cooling fan in this machine, and I 
think its design is great with regard to heat dissipation, at least 
at this 192 RAM level.

Apple supports a maximum of 384 MB of RAM for this G3, which I 
surmise is 256 in the upper slot and 128 in the bottom slot (?), but 
GURU claims 1024 as the maximum, or 528 MB in each socket.  Also, the 
various Internet site sellers of RAM recommend separate RAM modules 
for the Pismo versus the Lombard/Wallstreet, whereas once again GURU 
does not differentiate, listing the same high- and low-profile module 
as fitting various G3 models, for example, PB2K-528, PB2K-256, etc.

So my bottom-line question:  Is it wise or risky replacing the bottom 
socket low profile 64 MB module in my Lombard with a 528 MB unit, or 
should I be more convervative and replace it with a 256 unit?

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Greenfield Bowie

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