Thanks Charles. You know, I am very excited. It's funny though, that the fella I bought the computer from hadn't had the ram installed because in his words "As for the memory, we live in an area that has no Mac support. We just havent had the time to drive to the nearest city to get the memory installed. We decided if it doesnt sell at auction, well go ahead and drive to Jacksonville, FL to install the memory." It seems pretty straight forward though, from the information that was provided here.
For now I plan to use the iMac for word processing, digital photography and internet. I have wanted to use on-line banking for some time now but my browser and system software were too outdated. With OS X I'll have no problem taking advantage of on-line banking. Thanks for the welcome. Al ---------- >From: Charles Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "iMac List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: iMac RAM Installation >Date: Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 8:43 PM > >> From: "Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I'm new to the iMac. > > Welcome, congratulations! > >> I recently purchased a used iMac on ebay. It's a 400 >> MHz DV iMac with 128Mb Ram and OS 9.0.4 installed. The seller has also >> provided 64Mb of additional ram (un-installed) and OS X. Can someone >> instruct me or direct me to a web page that explains how to install the >> additional ram. > > There's nothing to it, Al. > > 1. Put a towel down on table. > 2. With the iMac turned off *and disconnected from the mains,* tilt it > gently onto it's screen (onto the towel). > 3. Behold the bottom panel. Take a coin and open it, and voila! The RAM > slots. > 4. Making SURE you're static-discharged, add the additional RAM > (actually, my advice would be to toss the 64MB chip and install a 256 > or 512MB chip instead -- you'll thank me!) by pressing it into the > empty slot. > 5. Close panel, lock, turn machine back rightside-up, connect to > electric power, turn on and go to the Apple Menu (top left corner of > the screen) to see how much RAM is recognised. > > Here's a PDF that will step you through it: > http://www.peripheral.com/support/manuals/pdf/Manual%20iMac%20DV.pdf > > Again, if your aim is to install OS X on this machine, I'd strongly > suggest going with Panther (10.3.x) and a minimum of 512MB of RAM (a > 512MB stick plus your existing 128MB stick should be fine). > > _Chas_ > > "To mess up a Mac OS X box, you need to work at it; to mess up your > Windows box, you just need to work on it." > > > -- > The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- >>The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
