Lombard RAM in Pismo?
Is RAM used in Lombard the same stuff that goes in Pismo? My Mom's Lombard hard drive just died, and it makes more sense to buy a new machine at this point (case is in brutal shape) than to replace the drive. I'm hoping to pick the carcass before we bury it. -- Regards, Dante McLean Dante McLean Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- NeXTMail welcome at this address! DS16 (Diller-Schwill 16) Sail/Hull #19 A Humming Bird Christian Island, Ontario N44° 51.472' W080° 12.349' http://www3.sympatico.ca/dante.mclean/geek_block.html If you don't know what the above is, look here: http://www.geekcode.com/ -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard RAM in Pismo?
Is RAM used in Lombard the same stuff that goes in Pismo? My Mom's Lombard hard drive just died, and it makes more sense to buy a new machine at this point (case is in brutal shape) than to replace the drive. I'm hoping to pick the carcass before we bury it. Yes and no. Early Wallstreet and Lombard RAM is PC66, although some owner-installed SODIMMs may be PC100. Pismo is always PC100 or better, and was PC100 from the factory, although PC133 may be owner installed. If you SODIMMs are PC100 or better, and read as their correct sizes on your Lombard, they will work in a Pismo. The reverse is not true. Only early PC100 SODIMMs will work in the early machines. Most PC133 SODIMMs will not work in a Wallstreet or Lombard because these machines cannot accept very high density DRAM chips, or so-called low profile SODIMM sticks which consist of more than one bank. Both the Lombard and the Pismo require a special hard drive which will auto-negotiate down to ATA-5. The latest ATA-6 drives will not do that. The just discontinued Hitachi/IBM 5K80 ATA-6 drive (20, 30, 40, 60, 80 GB) WILL auto negotiate. The same sized Samsungs and Toshibas and WILL NOT. The Hitachi/IBM replacement for the 5K80 also WILL NOT auto-negotate. The Wallstreet will accept just about any drive, whether it will auto-negotiate, or not. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Lombard RAM in Pismo?
It could but it depends on chip density. Pismo can use higher density memory chips that sometimes older memory managers in the Lombard and Wallstreet can fully recognize. Mostly, the Lombard and Wallstreet memory managers cannot accept higher density DRAM chips. Watch out for double-sided SODIMM sticks which are made using higher density chips. These are organized as two bank sticks, and only the Pismo can recognize the second bank. A 256 MB stick will be read as a 128 MB stick, in these cases. Generally, 128 MB sticks will always be read as 128 MB, on all machines. It is conceivable that a 512 MB stick could be read as a 128 MB stick, although I have no t put this conjecture to the test in a Wallstreet or Lombard. Wallstreets or Lombards are limited to 256 MB sticks and to 512 MB total RAM. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
