> I am replacing my wife's Performa 6400/200 with a Power Macintosh
> 6500/250
> 1) How do I get into this big pillow box to add memory (and is there
> an online source of instructions)?
My sister-in-law has this model. I helped her with an upgrade or two. To get
inside for upgrading the memory or adding a PCI card (such as ethernet), you
take off three screws on the back. Each screw is holding in a panel that's
about 2" wide and maybe 7" or so tall. Part of the panel has a plastic tab
that sticks out about an inch. This is kind of a "grab tab" that helps you
pull out the board.
I noticed that the board seats pretty securely, so it won't just pull out
without a little effort. The plastic tab seems to want to flex to the point
that it makes you nervous about breaking, so I also use my other hand on the
upper part of the panel and kind of wiggle a bit as I pull to free it.
Long story short, this pulls out the motherboard and allows you to add the
memory.
> 2) What memory sticks does this thing take (Apple System Profiler
> says it has one 32 meg DIMM in DRAM 1)? What is the maximum memory I
> can install and are there other specifics to know.
I know for certain that you can add 64's, for a total of 128MB. 128's may be
possible, but I do not know of them.
> 4) What kind of slots does the 6500 machine have (if I knew, I'd know
> which Lowend list to be on with it)?
5V DIMMs and a PCI slot.
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