The dual-USB white iBooks are more than capable of handling either 576MB or 640MB of RAM, depending on if they shipped with 64MB or 128MB. Installation is simple. Using the two tabs between Esc & F1 and F11 & F12, open the keyboard and fold it back toward you. With a small phillips screwdriver (#0 or possibly a #00) remove the two screws from the heat sink plate. If you have an airport card, you will have to remove it first. The memory slot is below this metal plate. If it already has a chip in it, remove it and replace it with the larger chip. Replace the metal plate, the two screws and the airport card if you have one. Reboot and your computer should recognize the new memory automatically.
Be sure to ask for Low Profile SODIMM chips, up to 512MB. Normal size chips will most likely be too tall to fit. You should be able to find 512MB chips for $100 or less. Hope this helps! Bryan C. Forrest Macintosh Specialist LifeNet http://www.lifenet.org On Sunday, May 25, 2003, at 04:09 PM, Jerry Yeager wrote: > Try manually setting your iBooks resolution to either 640 x 480 (for > composite) or 800 x 600 (for s-video), plug the cable in to the TV, > select the TV input appropriately (Video or S-video depending on the > cable you have connected) and see what happens. If this does not work, > there are three places this can go awry: the iBook's video port, the > cable or the TV --- to decide which it is will mean using a friend's > TV, then a different cable, then a trip to the Apple Repair place to > test the video port. > > On the memory end, you can see a very good increase in your iBook's > responsiveness by adding more memory. The only con is the price of > getting it done. The internal 128 chip can only be replaced by an > Apple dealer, but you can install the other one yourself (or have a > friend do it). Apple recommends a top end size of 256 MB, but many > many folks have reported you can go up to 512 MB. (I don't know of > anyone that has tried to get the internal chip maxxed out at 512 MB > (it could be a space issue), but if it is possible the OS can handle > it.) > > Jerry > > p.s. If the speed is 700MHZ or better, you should be able to run the > new Unreal Tournament (uh you have to have 10.2.6 installed) -- > Apple's OS-X downloads page ha a link to the demo that folks are > drooling over. > > On Sunday, May 25, 2003, at 03:46 PM, Kelly Svarstad wrote: > >> I'm using the Apple cable I bought from MacTown. It's got a funny >> looking end that plugs into my iBook (looks like a miniature USB >> plug), and the other end has a composite (the yellow from an RCA set) >> and an S-Video out. >> >> I bought the computer last November/December (of 2002). >> >> I also would like to put more RAM in. What are the pros/cons with >> this? I have the 128 built in and then another 128 chip. I like to >> run lots of programs at once and to play some games on here (nothing >> tooooo fancy, it IS just an iBook). >> >> thanks for everyone's patience. >> >> -KRS >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >> >> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
