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Adding Memory to Your Computer, Installing Additional Memory

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Adding Memory 4 to Your Computer 4 This chapter provides information and instructions for installing additional memory in your PowerBook. Warning: Apple recommends that you have an Apple-certified technician install memory. Consult the service and support information that came with your computer for instructions on how to contact Apple for service. If you attempt to install memory and damage your equipment, such damage is not covered by the limited warranty on your computer. Installing Additional Memory Your computer comes with two memory slots, one above the other, that you access from the bottom of the computer. Your computer comes with a minimum of 256 megabytes (MB) of Double Data Rate (DDR) Synchronous Dynamic Random-access Memory (SDRAM) installed in the lower slot. Both memory slots can accept an SDRAM module that meets the following specifications: • Double Data Rate Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (DDR SO-DIMM) format • 1.25 inch or smaller • 256, 512 MB or 1 gigabyte (GB) • 200-pin • PC2700 DDR 333 Type RAM Depending on the configuration of the PowerBook you purchased, both memory slots may already be full. The maximum amount of memory you can install in your PowerBook is 2 GB, using 1 GB DIMMs in both memory slots. 53

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Adding Memory
to Your Computer
This chapter provides information and instructions for
installing additional memory in your PowerBook.
Installing Additional Memory
Your computer comes with two memory slots, one above the other, that you access
from the bottom of the computer. Your computer comes with a minimum of 256
megabytes (MB) of Double Data Rate (DDR) Synchronous Dynamic Random-access
Memory (SDRAM) installed in the lower slot. Both memory slots can accept an SDRAM
module that meets the following specifications:
Double Data Rate Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module (DDR SO-DIMM) format
1.25 inch or smaller
256, 512 MB or 1 gigabyte (GB)
200-pin
PC2700 DDR 333 Type RAM
Depending on the configuration of the PowerBook you purchased, both memory slots
may already be full.
The maximum amount of memory you can install in your PowerBook is 2 GB, using
1 GB DIMMs in both memory slots.
Warning:
Apple recommends that you have an Apple-certified technician install
memory. Consult the service and support information that came with your computer
for instructions on how to contact Apple for service. If you attempt to install memory
and damage your equipment, such damage is not covered by the limited warranty on
your computer.