On Jan 20, 2006, at 7:37 AM, Ben Pazolli wrote:
Also, can the RAM be upgraded to 512 MB? Applespecs say
they will only take 2 128 MB RAM chips.
Read this from LEM: . . .
* The exact amount a Rev. A-D iMac can be upgraded varies from unit to
unit. . .
(and from slot to slot within a unit.)
I haven't gotten a sense of what % of Rev. D iMacs can/cannot address
256 MB in one or both of their slots. I know that my father's saw
all 512.
My advice find a shop that sells RAM with a return policy and buy two
256 MB DIMMS and try it. If it doesn't work send one back and buy a
128
MB DIMM
Since it sounds like there are several machines, you could order 2
256 MB chips and try them in each machine, and keep track of which
slots they work in. Then order enough more 256s for those where they
work, and 128s for the rest. But that's a LOT of opening cases,
pulling off processors, & reassembling! So it would be way easier
to do as suggested above, leave in the chips that are fully
recognized, and pull & replace those that aren't.
The savings of using a 128 instead of a 256 that's only half-
recognized would be about $15 per chip:
http://ramseeker.com/scripts/sortModelDetails.php?
modelId=16&sortSize=256mb
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