It would be a benefit if say your computer only accepted 512MB and you put two 512s' in it rather than one 512 or two 256s'. The reason being is that one 512 will run larger programs but with only 1 slot to transfer data. two 256s' will use both slots but may separate some larger programs when transferring data. Two 512s' may only run 512MB of data, but it will give you the versatility to load both larger and smaller programs with with both slots. This is from my own experiance.
On Jan 4, 9:42 pm, Bill Christensen <billc_li...@greenbuilder.com> wrote: > At 3:54 PM -0500 1/4/09, Tony Gamble wrote: > > > > > > >On 4-Jan-09, at 3:05 PM, artemis wrote: > > >> I've been offered a free 1GB PC3200 memory module for my G4 Mac Dual > >> 1Gb MDD, and have been assured that it is compatible. However, my > >> manual states that this model uses PC2700 RAM and that the maximum > >> size module available is 512Mb. > > >> Anybody have experience with this upgrade method? > > >> Will it work on this machine or will it fry my Mac? > > >> Would appreciate any advice. > > >It certainly won't fry your Mac, as PC3200 is backwards compatible > >with PC2700. However, it is likely that the 1GB stick will only be > >seen by the system as 512MB, which is still great as it's a freebie, > >and if you've got an open slot to fill. > > ... and let us know if it *does* see it as more than 512mb !! > Because I'll want some too! > > -- > Bill Christensen > <http://greenbuilder.com/contact/> > > Green Building Professionals Directory: <http://directory.greenbuilder.com> > Sustainable Building Calendar: <http://www.greenbuilder.com/calendar/> > Green Real Estate: <http://www.greenbuilder.com/realestate/> > Straw Bale Registry: <http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com/> > Books/videos/software: <http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/>- Hide quoted text > - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
