Re: Mac mini ram upgrades - anyone tried it?

["i_lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "noel_pilot" <noel@...> wrote:
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> Cheers all, I've since spoken to Stormfront here in Exeter and they'll
do=
it for =A325 and it won't invalidate my warranty (apparently doing it myse=
lf would??!!) so for =A325 and the fact that I dont have anything remotely
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thin enough apart from a butter knife to give it a shot!!

Getting someone else to do it (and provide a warranty) is a pretty good
ide=
a for another reason - apple have twice now (once in 2001 - <http://lowendm=
ac.com/musings/foot.html>, and again in 2007 <http://support.apple.com/kb/T=
A26424?viewlocale=3Den_US>) released firmware updates that disables RAM
tha=
t isn't 'compatible' which means 'sold by apple' - the check for
compatibil=
ity looks for manufacturer IDs on the actual memory modules, rather than
ch=
ecking whether the speed etc is within tolerance.

each time, people were left in the lurch and had to recover systems at
thei=
r own expense. It's one of those balance of risk things - people with soft
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modded xboxes had to be careful not to download dashboard updates in case
m=
icrosoft got clever..=20

if you are using an apple computer with third party components, it's
probab=
ly worth disabling updates, so that Steve jobs waking up cranky one
morning=
doesn't mean you end up with a fubared machine.

here's how: <http://www.makemacwork.com/disable-automatic-updates.htm>




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