On Thu, Jul 5, 2001 7:25 PM, Andrew Kershaw <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Heh, well... too late :-P
>
>Yeah, I just couldn't wait. My finger was sitting on
>that purchase button
>and I couldn't resist. That's ok, though. I'm only
>out $19. I bought the
>generic stuff. And the way I see it, $19 for 128MB
>is still a steal
>considering how much that stuff used to cost!
Hi Drew,
Can you use 64 MB of RAM? Maybe if your incorrect memory works as mine did,
you'll get half of what you paid for! The wrong RAM _worked_ great! No
instability at all! Noticeably increased the speed of the machine in
opening and closing files! And the computer recognized it just fine. Just
this little snag: the computer could only use half of a stick: it saw it as
half of the size it was supposed to be. Tattle tech recognized it as half
also. TechToolPro checked out the memory and reported everything A-okay but
didn't tell me the size of what it examined.
If for some reason I couldn't have returned it, I'd have just kept it and
used it; I could get by on 512 MB RAM, I think;).
If $19 for 128 MB is a truly great price and you can't exchange it, then
consider that $19 for 64 MB might not be so bad, either.
>Any idea why it doesn't work? The website I'm
>buying from has this to say
>about the RAM I bought:
>>>(32Bit DRAM - High Density - Will Not Work In
>Systems That Can Not Accept
>>>1.5GB or More Maximum Total System
>Memory)<<
The DMS tech guy today mentioned the same thinking wrt my G3. Anyway, I
hadn't ordered the high-density kind; it just happens to have been what the
salesman shipped me, so there's no problem in returning it for me.
>For the low density stuff it says:
>>>(16Bit DRAM - Low Density - For System That
>Max Out At 512MB, 768MB, or
>>>1024MB)<<
>
>Now, I knew Apple only rated the beige G3s to
>768MB, but I figured that was
>because big DIMMS didn't exist at production time
>(in fact, mine was only
>rated to 384! Apple later changed that after testing
>256MB DIMMS - or so I
>heard. AppleSpec still says 384MB max). Also,
>16Bit RAM?! What the heck?
>I guess I'm confused... I thought the RAM
>controller has a pipe 64bits wide
>(hence the install in pairs for NuBus macs and
>interleaving in PCI macs...)
>So that's why I figured 32Bits would be ok. Plus, I
>know some older Macs
>can go up to 1.5GB of RAM, so I figured the G3
>could too, as long as you can
>find sticks big enough...
>
>Can someone help me out? There must be a RAM
>guru out there somewhere...
Maybe the guidelines are simply easy ways for any user to tell what will
work--a way that correlates 100% of the time with the correct technology
but doesn't describe it. Anyway, I think all such websites need a "Here's
why" link when they tell you what _not_ to do; otherwise, it is so tempting
to try it when you think you have figured out something that the advice
hasn't apparently taken into consideration. Incomplete explanations are
almost like posting a "Wet Paint" sign. Condolences.
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "Mary Grimsley" <
> I suppose the original saleman
>hadn't paid enough
>attention or didn't know what the G4 B&W takes.)
Uhh, I mistyped that part. (Wishful thinking? I have a G3.)
Well, good luck on a satisfactory conclusion, Drew.
--
Best wishes,
Mary
<http://www.2mbit.com/~mgrimsley/>
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