On Jun 6, 12:34 pm, Dana Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > Well there you go - that makes perfect sense. I was aware of such issues > with comparably aged desktops. The missing piece to the puzzle was if such a > condition applied to the Lombard, and since I never owned one before, I did > not know.
The type of RAM you need is PC66 or PC100 low density. Since the Lombard uses the same speed RAM as a Wallstreet, you can make use of the "Double" stacked RAM module that the Wallstreets had. It's about twice as high as a standard one. Here's one: http://cgi.ebay.com/Powerbook-G3-Lombard-or-Wallstreet-256-256MB-RAM-Memory_W0QQitemZ320374369621QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a97cced55&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 For $23 shipped, that's a REALLY good deal. that would give you 384MB with the original stick, which would probably run OS X 10.2.8 well, and 10.3.9 marginally. Here's an example of a standard size 256MB chip: http://cgi.ebay.com/256MB-Apple-Ram-powerbook-G3-Lombard-Wallstreet-iBook_W0QQitemZ370215140766QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item56328abd9e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50 See how the module has 8 chips on 1 side? That's required(however, there are some modules that have 2 chips on each side that work as well). A lot of PC Laptops that had Pentium 3 chips with the 100Mhz bus need the exact same type of RAM(both my Thinkpad X21 and A22p). Most 100Mhz chips work fine in a 66mhz bus system. Due to the age of this RAM, it's more expensive to upgrade these systems than a new one that takes DDR2 RAM(since most new laptops came with 2 modules, like 2 256, and everyone wanted more, so you can get 256MB DDR-2 SO-DIMMs for dirt cheap). That's also not a bad deal. You could get to 512MB for under $50. That's the max, and that system would run well. Maxing RAM is always one of the best deals for a machine. There were G4 upgrades for these as well. Also, it uses the same optical drive as a pismo, and you can use a standard laptop DVD drive and replace the CD-ROM (if that's what yours has). Here's a good guide: http://lowendmac.com/ed/royal/08sr/pismo-lombard-optical.html Good luck --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
