Specifications

Memory Portables - 19
PowerBook 5300
series
The PowerBook 5300cs and
5300c come with either 8 or
16 MB of RAM soldered on-
board. Either configuration is
expandable to 64 MB of RAM.
The PowerBook 5300ce
comes with a 16 MB
expansion card installed.
Note: All of the PowerBook
5300 series computers have
two separate sets of VRAM to
support the internal and
external displays.
Note: The PowerBook 5300 series
computers have 512K of VRAM soldered onto
a video card for supporting external
displays. The highest bit depth available for
external displays at either 640x480 or
832x624 resolutions is 8 bits per pixel
unless you expand the VRAM by replacing the
Apple video-out card with a third-party
video expansion card product. If the VRAM on
the third-party video card is 1 MB, the
computer will be able to output 16-bits per
pixel on an external display.
Memory Information
RAM Speed 70 ns
Soldered RAM 8 or 16 MB
Maximum RAM 64 MB
Virtual Memory 1 GB
Soldered VRAM See VRAM note
Number of VRAM Slots See VRAM note
Internal Display VRAM Note: The
following descriptions apply only to models
sold in the United States. Europe and Asia have
models that differ slightly from these
configurations.
The Macintosh PowerBook 5300 and 5300cs
computers and the 5300c (that comes with
8 MB of RAM) come with 512K of VRAM
soldered to the logic board for support of the
internal LCD Display. It cannot be removed or
upgraded.
The Macintosh PowerBook 5300c that comes
with 16 MB of RAM on the logic board and the
Macintosh PowerBook 5300ce have 1 MB of
VRAM. This allows for higher bit depth
support on the internal display. This VRAM
cannot be removed or upgraded. If necessary,
please refer to the Service Parts Database for
proper identification.
DRAM Configurations
Up to
64 MB
Install an appropriate
Expansion Card.