On Jan 1, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:
> I'll check out the PRAM. I thought the PPCs didn't need to do that > anymore, that was just the older machines. Guess I stand > corrected. The PRAM point appears debatable (and my personal experience shows no need in a Macbook but that's not this list): http://forums.cnet.com/5208-4_102-0.html?threadID=54735 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1051823&tstart=855 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=89736&page=4 There's a lot less stored in PRAM in OS X: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1242 The old Apple support document lists virtual RAM and RAM disk and disk cache and 32-bit addressing as being stored in PRAM which hints at the connection to newly installed RAM but the connection to the hardware itself is not clearly stated: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
