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Confused about what RAM I need for my PowerBook G3
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WOPR
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Jan 11, 2009, 12:39 PM
 
I'm currently resurrecting an old 333mhz Bronze keyboard PB G3, and as well as replacing the hard drive with a compact flash card, I want to upgrade the RAM from it's current total of 192mb (64mb and 128mb chips fitted, 128mb on top). I am however getting confused about what memory I need. It's supposed to use PC66 ram, but can I use PC133? I've read it should work but I'm not sure. Also, crucial.com says it needs CL2 ram, but I can only find CL3 on ebay, would that work? Also, the chips I've seen are smaller, i.e. they have one row of 4 chips on each side, whereas the chip inside my PB is twice the depth and has two rows of 4 on each side, making 16 chips total on the board.

Any help appreciated! This is the chip I'm hoping may work for me:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/256MB-PC100-PC...1%7C240%3A1318

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Jan 11, 2009, 12:53 PM
 
My understanding is that you will need CL2 for these older G3 PowerBooks.

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Jan 11, 2009, 01:03 PM
 
Thanks for your help. Shame I can't find any

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Jan 11, 2009, 01:03 PM
 
Check out our RAM sticky here. It has links and info to help you determine what sort of RAM you need.
     
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Jan 11, 2009, 01:17 PM
 
I think you jumped the gun a bit here...

The RAM sticky only covers Intel 'Books, the only link I can see that you might be referring to is the Corsair memory config tool - it only has MacBooks & MacBook Pros.

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Jan 11, 2009, 01:19 PM
 
Thanks seanc. If anyone can help me I'd appreciate it, I'm in the UK. It's not crucial I expand the memory but if I can do it cheaply it would be a nice little boost for my son's first Mac.

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Perhaps we should consider renaming or re-tasking the sticky like we did with the all-inclusive Mac 'notebook' picture thread? The RAM sticky includes resources/links to a lot of non-MacBook sites to help members I.D. their specific RAM needs.
     
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Jan 11, 2009, 02:26 PM
 
Aha! I reckon this is what I need??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/256MB-PC100-10...1%7C240%3A1318

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