3 Things to Know About PowerBook G4 Aluminum RAM Limits
Maximum RAM is 2 GB The PowerBook G4 Aluminum supports up to 2 GB of RAM using standard SO-DIMMs. This is a hard limit, not a suggestion.
Each slot is capped at 1 GB The memory controller limits each of the two slots to 1 GB. You cannot exceed this per-slot limit even with larger modules.
No workarounds exist There is no firmware update or trick to bypass the 2 GB ceiling. The hardware simply cannot address more memory.