thank you for the tip on the vendor, i shall take a look... and waiting for the 8 makes sense too... rick
>If you have a 1400/117, they shipped with 8 on the board...up to the >1400/166, that shipped with 16 on board....if you have 8 on board, I doubt >that there is 8 & 16, could be wrong though...why don't you wait till you >install OS 8, and check Profiler...if you go on eBay and search >1400's...there is a vendor...Omni, I think...they seem reputable, I never >bought from them, but they have an exchange policy for that very reason of >ram fitting in the piggy back slot...32 meg chip for $69... >Y > > > >on 9/10/02 8:59 PM, Rick McCutcheon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> i'm a believer!! and thanks to everyone who'se been helping out.... >> >> now, i'm just plain curious.... if i have it right in my head, then it >> goes like this: this rig always shipped with 8 on the motherboard; and >> there is a further fixed 8 put in by apple for a consistent total of 16; >> then it only makes sense that there is a further upgrade in one of the >> expansion slots of 16, because it wouldn't make sense to put in two 8 meg >> cards-not something anyone would do (although theoretically possible); so >> the only possible answer is 8+8 (fixed) +16, so i need a 32 meg card to >> fill the final slot....have i got it? Is it safe to assume that any 32 Meg >> card advertised for a PB1400 will be the right one (assuming an honest >> vendor) and it will piggy-back onto the 16 Meg card? >> >> Cheers, >> Rick >> >> >>> on 10/09/02 23:53, Rick McCutcheon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, thanks for this - unless I'm looking in the wrong place, all this >>>>tells >>>> me is that I have 32 Megs of RAM, but not how it is configured so I still >>>> need to know what upgrade card to buy... I'm open to being corrected >>>> though! Rick >>> >>> So you have the standard 16MB - 8MB logic board + 8MB Apple card plus a >>>16MB >>> upgrade card. >>> >>> So you need to add a 32MB card for the maximum 64 MB. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic >>> www.pbfanatic.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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! | >>> >>> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> >>> >>> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> >>> >>> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com >> >> >> > >-- > > > >-- >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! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
