someone asked 'why do the math? just use OWC's calculator". umm, i did that. but there's a range of choices and i thought choosing depended on you own machine's native bus speed. no?
not necessary. Your sujhect line asks how HIGH an upgrade? If OWC or another reputable seller says an accelerator of a certain MHz capacity is meant for your machine why worry about it ? it's not worth it for them to lie. If you are one of those( you don't seem to be) who absolutely need to overclock a CPU beyond reason you will already have done the math. As the formulae are readily available.
in the same vein, can i use the same RAM sticks i bought for my 6360 as extra RAM in this 8500?
No. 6360 takes 72 pin DIMMS. 8500 takes 168 pin DIMMs.
here's some math: if my apple menu says this 8500 has 208MB of RAM in it, what is the likely breakdown of sticks and their capacities in my slots? [have not yet gotten to jacking open the famous aggravating case].
Go to the Apple System Profiler ( ASP) and see what it tells you on your machines hardware configuration.
If your OS is older get Tattletech or some other system analysis utility free from versiontracker.com .
how many RAM slots does the 8500 have insisde it? what's the max RAM i can put in each slot? interleaving, or no? FPM or EDO, or does it matter?
ASP will show 8 slots. Apple says 512 MB max.
Consider yourself humored ;^D -- Adrian
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