Re: RAM

2009-01-02 Thread The Trekkie
I'm not 100% sure, but provided the RAM is DDR2 667 or slower, it should work, since the few macs I've worked on have standard memory. However, DDR2 667 is the max speed of RAM that the macs I know of can support, so make sure that the Compaq notebook doesn't have something like DDR2 1066 in

Re: RAM

2009-01-02 Thread Kyle Parish
And that it is notebook RAM of course. On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Kyle Parish parishky...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. Any DDR3 RAM should work than if the bus speed right, and if the RAM is not bigger than the computers requirements', correct? On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:36 AM, The Trekkie

Re: RAM

2009-01-02 Thread Kyle Parish
What do you think of getting RAM or anything else on LEMSwap? On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Kyle Parish parishky...@gmail.com wrote: And that it is notebook RAM of course. On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Kyle Parish parishky...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. Any DDR3 RAM should work than if

Re: RAM

2009-01-02 Thread Kyle Parish
The DDR2 RAM is much smaller and less costly to make then the older DDR and SDRAM. I purchased the 2 2GB DDR2 RAM that is in the Compaq now for $35.00 each brand new. DDR would be like $80.00 for 1 1GB stick. On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote:

Re: RAM

2009-01-02 Thread ./aal
actually ram is extremely volatile, current prices are very low http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820159108 or for kingston http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134008 for so-dimm

Re: RAM

2009-01-02 Thread ./aal
yes the most esoteric thing is to be sure you dont get hi-density dimms if your system needs lo-density On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Robert MacLeay rmacl...@gmail.com wrote: I have both bought and sold RAM on LEM Swap. No problems with the stuff I bought, and no complaints from my buyers.

Re: New Operator, Apple G-3 out of storage for $50, having problems

2009-01-02 Thread Dennis Faulkner
Also, keep in mind that these books should be very cheap now, as people upgrade to newer systems, their older mac books aren't worth much to them - I built a pretty nice library for a friend a while back, and paid a few bucks per book - even with shipping and handling I did this a bit at a

Re: New Operator, Apple G-3 out of storage for $50, having problems

2009-01-02 Thread Al Poulin
On Jan 2, 9:07 am, Bob Whiton m...@rswhiton.com wrote: Gizmo wrote: It's a 500 Mhz  G-3  Apple blue complete unit with crt.   ... There are so many questions implied in your post that I don't know where to start with specific advice, so I'll jump to general advice. There are some very good