On Apr 18, 2010, at 4:17 PM, tentengrrl wrote: > Jim, re: the same latencies of RAM sticks, is it enough to grab info from the > System Profiler? see: PC-100-2225 for each of them. Does this mean they DO > match-- and thus, does it now sound like perhaps one stick might be bad? I've > just been keeping in one stick and it's been ok since I'm working on Preview > w/iTunes mostly but I've been able to surf a bit as well. I'm amazed I could > do that w/so little RAM though now it seems unable to keep Safari open no > matter what stick is in.
System Profiler doesn't tell you what the latency specs are; Apple Hardware Test does. If you see PC100-2225 for each of them in System Profiler, that doesn't necessarily mean their latency figures are the same. One might be CL2: 7.5 and CL3: 10, the other might be CL2: 10 and CL3: 12, or something like that. The difference in latency is where the kernel problems, crashes and freezes come in. OTOH, you may have discovered the "bad" stick, which I suspect is not really bad but is incompatible with your system and/or the other stick, which is more compatible with your system. Tiger will boot and run, slooooooooowwwly, with 128 MB RAM. Not that you'd want to do that, of course. Jim -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
