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Apple Macintosh PowerBook 190 Series User Manual

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Remove the RAM card from its protective package, if necessary, and position it

for installation.

Hold the card by its edges. Don’t touch the chips, wires, or metal parts of the
card. Orient the card so that the connector is on the left side.

IMPORTANT

Use a RAM card with TSOP low-profile RAM chips only.

Installing a card with high-profile chips may damage your computer.

Save the protective package in case you want to remove the card later.

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Lower the card into the computer and align its connector with the socket on the main

circuit board.

It’s easiest to align the card if you hold it at an angle, with the right side
raised. Make sure the ribbon cables for the keyboard go on top of the installed
card.

Install the RAM card into this socket.

Connector

RAM card

These ribbon cables go on top of the installed RAM card.

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Installing a RAM Expansion Card