Is it possible to update Powerbook VRAM from 64mb to 128mb?

Leareth

macrumors 68000

Original poster

• May 13, 2005

• #1

My School is having an insane sale right now on in stock powerbooks and iBooks, 15% of the EDU discount, but all the instock machines have 64Vram on them. I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade the graphics card after the fact? Since BTO does not count in the deals.

 

JeDiBoYTJ

macrumors 6502a

• May 13, 2005

• #2

sadly, no.

the VRAM chip is soldered right into the main logic board... theres no way to replace it unless you replace the entire thing. 🙁

 

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stevey500

macrumors 6502

• May 13, 2005

• #3

What if you are very good at soldering and replace the memory chips with larger/... would the machine reject the upgrade?

 

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unfaded

macrumors 6502

• May 13, 2005

• #4

stevey500 said:

What if you are very good at soldering and replace the memory chips with larger/... would the machine reject the upgrade?

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I don't think anyone has tried to find out!

 

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rockandrule

macrumors 6502

• May 13, 2005

• #5

For that large of an upgrade, if you can't get the 128 VRAM, then just go with what they have. That's a great deal, and also keep in mind that there is the $100 Mail-in from Apple on any new computer bought for education purposes. (Excluding the 12" iBook with combo, mac mini, and eMac.)