Thank you to everyone for all your advice. I took to my parents' house some of the memory that failed memory testing on my machine and tested it on their PC using memtest86 (Thanks Piers!). Two of the modules that failed right away on my machine ran overnight without failure on their machine. So it looks like it really has been incompatibility all along.
Richard ramsowr recommended RAM Direct, and Kathi Anderson recommended Crucial. I appreciate both recommendations, but it isn't that the OWC memory quality is poor (AFAIK, it isn't) but that I had the wrong type of RAM. I plugged in my info on both the RAM Direct and the Crucial sites and they both came up with the same type of module that OWC sent me--the kind my machine can't use. OWC sent me the wrong kind initially, but at least their item description included a footnote that some B&W G3s can't use the usual type and tells which type will work for them and makes exchanging the memory fairly easy. B.L. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])wrote: >Joy what ram did you get from OWC for the B & W. I got:::: > 256MB PC100 CL2 168 Pin SDRam 2-2-2 for ALL PowerMac G3 Models, ALL > PowerMac G4 and G4 Cube models up to 500MHz(PC100), ALL iMacs > 350-700mhz. New, LifeTime Advance Replacement Warranty! (OWC100SD256168) I got "256MB PC100 CL2 168 pin SDRam for Apple PowerMac G3 Beige, G3 Blue & White, G4 'Yikes' PCI models; AMD based PCs(check logic board requirements). LifeTime Warranty! (OWC100SD256324)" I think the item you have (with the 16x8 rather than 32x4 structure) is the one I need. Thanks again, Joy ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Joy Freeman ~ from manuscript to bound book ~ Editorial, Design, and Production Services joy at pagesbyjoy.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
