On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 11:10:25PM +0100, Mikael Byström wrote: : : Beniamino, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: : : >Wallestreet, including those upgraded with the Powerlogix BlueChip, : >can only read RAM chips of 128 megabits, so to get the full 256 : >megaBYTE we need 16 chips x 128 megaBIT each = 2048 megabit --> 2048 : >/ 8 = 256 megabyte. : > : >All modules made of 8 chips with a 256 megabit density will be read : >by the wallstreet as 128 MB. : : Adue warning, but how common is 8 chips RAM in the 256MB size ? There : seem to be plenty (more than 5 brands) of OS X compatible RAM in the 256 : and even 512 MB sizes to choose from (the latter for Pismo of course).
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