> From: Luca Rescigno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > > -- > My question is what kind > of RAM I should get. I looked at ramseeker and it looks like a 128 MB > DIMM will cost about $25, but I heard that you should interleave the > RAM in this computer (I suppose that means it makes things faster if > you upgrade the RAM in pairs). Any suggestions here?
yes you can get 128MB dimms for this machine, for the "interleaving" part there's a bunch of anecdotal evidence that this doesn't really increase the speed of the machine all that much, if at all. > Also, there seem to be a lot of slots inside the computer - quite a > few for RAM, and some that look different for the RAM slots but > they're in the same place, and some in the back (presumably for > VRAM). all 8!!!! slots (should be labeled A1-4 and B1-4) are RAM slots (doing the math you can put 1GBof RAM in this thing) and the ones in the back (4 slots) are for VRAM for a max of 4MB VRAM. Back to "interleaving": to do this you make sure that the RAM in A1 matches the RAM in B1, etc. besides RAM for these machines is cheap I ordered 2 x 128MB and only paid like $50 with shipping > and then a better video card and monitor (at least a 14", > preferably a 15"). > I have a 15" Sony monitor running at 1024 X 728 and millions of colors at 75 MHZ just with the 4MB VRAM on board, so unless you intend to really game with it a new video card would be the last thing I'd do :-) > Thanks a lot for any help you can give me! This is my first PCI > PowerMac and all the upgrade options are a bit confusing (I used to > have an 8100 but those seem much simpler). check out the LEM page ( http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/7500.shtml )on the machine it has some good upgrade info as well as a link to a complete tear down at the bottom of the page. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
