> > > > The Apple removable module is actually only 8 megs, with the other 8 >> > > megs soldered on the motherboard. I have a theory that if you take >> > > off the apple 8 meg card, everything else will work. Sometimes >> > > having 3 RAM modules makes for a finnicky PB1400. > >> > And you were right, along with John McGibney and the others who suggested >> > this. It now comes up with 56MB. This is a 1400cs/117 if that makes any >> > difference -- does this problem seem to be more common with older 1400s? > >> Im not sure if is the apple card or one of the other cards. I also >> dont know if it matters if its the older version of the 1400 or the >> newer one. Sometimes having 3 modules is trouble. Try adding the 4 >> meg apple card back in and see if you can get to 60 megs. > >This, also, worked. It would appear, then, that the problem was the 8MB >"Apple module" that I installed in there -- I guess the /117 only will work >with its original 4MB module? > >Again, many thanks.
It could be that the 8 meg modules are just touchy. A friend who overclocked his bus on a 1400 found that the 8 meg module, when present would crash the machine. Perhapts the 8 meg modules came in different specifications ? Mad Dog -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
