The case has four screws to open it. A RAM module may be dual or single and not dependent on being whatever size. At the time the machines were marketed, the default RAM was plenty (consider the original iMacs only came with 32 MB RAM). I still maintain it is a goofy idea to run OS X on a StarMax. Anyone on this list running OS X successfully, productively?
Daniel Beck wrote: > On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 05:15 AM, Scott Holder wrote: > > > Make sure the 32 megger is in the single bank slot. Should be marked. > > It > > may be something like you have one 32 and one 64 in the dual banked > > slot, and the other 64 in the single bank slot which means it would > > only > > read half of it. > > OK, I finally got around to checking it out, and indeed, I had the 64 > in a single banked slot. I switched them and registered 160MB in "About > this Mac." > > Motorola is a bit odd I think. They make this tower with plenty of room > for upgrading, and then put this case that's hard to open and put the > default 32MB chip in the dual banked slot. Hello? > > Anyway, I'm enjoying running 9.1 on my newly revived Starmax. If I get > carried away, i'll put in a G3 processor and run OS X with the > "unsupported" utility from OWC. > > Next on my list though is to paint the case. I'm thinking Jaguar. > -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
