Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized - Fixed

[Brian Stewart]

On 18-Mar-05, at 11:02 PM, Brian Stewart wrote:
In addition, unless people choose other suppliers for RAM Apple will 
keep
their artificially high prices instead of getting real and be
competitive.
Apple has never been "friendly" to its customers, apple just wants to 
sell hardware at a premium. The ishuffle and the minimac are some of 
apples best attempts of selling hardware for the rest of us. The e-mac 
and g3-imacs are also very good. I compare the Mac to the BMW.

Ever buy windshield whippers for a Beemmer? You are in for shocking 
surprise...

Ever buy a $5.00 chocolate bar from a hotel in room bar fridge? A 75 
cent chocolate bar for 5 bucks!!!

Some companies want to sell 10 items for a dollar, some companies want 
to sell 1 item for 10 dollars. Guess what boat Apple's in.

Anyways back to the bug. I took back the cheap K-Byte 333 DDR memory 
and installed a $30 dollar more Kingston 400 DDR memory stick and all 
is well...

Just a heads up...

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Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

[Mikael Byström]

Tim Collier said:

>Yes, I know you can get RAM for much less and in the past, I have purchased
>it from other sources but rarely had a good experience.  I can afford
>it.so I buy it.  Fact of life.

Even if I were loaded with money I wouldn't out of principle. Perhaps
give the difference to charity instead.  
Also, "other sources" doesn't equal ALL other sources, so your not good
experiences can only serve as an experience for the vendors you have
used, none other.

In addition, unless people choose other suppliers for RAM Apple will keep
their artificially high prices instead of getting real and be
competitive. Better now, than when they are on the brink again. And if
Apple grow complacent again, that WILL happen.




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Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

[Tim Collier]

Yes, I know you can get RAM for much less and in the past, I have purchased
it from other sources but rarely had a good experience.  I can afford
it.so I buy it.  Fact of life.

Tim


Upon reveiwing my email at 3/14/05 11:19 AM, I found the following message
from Jan Musil, whose email address is:  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Tim, do you realize how much is a bit more? Apple is known for overcharging
> customers for memory. You can get the same memory from other dealers for 2/3
> to 1/2 of the price Apple charges you. And they are as quick to replace bad
> chip as Apple is.
> 
> Well, what do I care it is your money...
> 
> Jan
> 
> 

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Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

[Jan Musil]

Tim, do you realize how much is a bit more? Apple is known for overcharging
customers for memory. You can get the same memory from other dealers for 2/3
to 1/2 of the price Apple charges you. And they are as quick to replace bad
chip as Apple is. 

Well, what do I care it is your money...

Jan



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Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

[Jan Musil]

I have purchased 512 MB chip for 1GHz PowerBook 12'' on the web. The chip
that arrived in 2 days was bad so I sent it back and it took abour 10 days
to get a replacement that works fine. It is not the highest speed, but
reasonable enough to get what you want for reasonable money.

The handlig by the zipzoomfly.com was very good. No hold-ups on their side -
it took them 24 hours to respond to the RMA and then it was only a matter of
shipping the chip back to them and waiting for the new one to arrive.

You may try CompUSA if there is one close by or MicroCenter - they also have
Macs on display and could advise you which memory works best. I myself got
the Kingston Value RAM and I'm happy with it.

Jan



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Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

[Dennis B. Swaney]

At 9:00 AM -0500 3/14/05, Tim Collier wrote:
This might sound a bit 'snobbish' but I don't mean it to.I buy all of my
RAM from Apple.  That way I know I'm getting quality RAM that WILL work in
my Mac.  I've never regretted it.  Might pay a bit more, but at least you
know what you're getting.
Or you can just go to Apple's source, Crucial, and skip Apple's 100% mark-up
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Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

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On 3/14/05 8:32 AM, "Brian Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Any Suggestions? I would like to buy the memory local, it is better to
> spend a little extra and have the ability to test and return the RAM if
> there is a problem. I like "E-BIZZZ" but memory for an Apple Laptop
> could be a pain in the butt.
> 
Brian - All my memory comes from Crucial Tech - that's where my local dealer
(where I work part time) gets his memory. Good people to deal with - both
Crucial and Greg!

david




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Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

[Tim Hodgson]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 2:00 pm -0500, Tim Collier wrote:

>This might sound a bit 'snobbish' but I don't mean it to.I buy all of my
>RAM from Apple.  That way I know I'm getting quality RAM that WILL work in
>my Mac.  I've never regretted it.  Might pay a bit more, but at least you
>know what you're getting.

Looking at prices for a 512MB SODIMM, I'd call $150 (Apple) versus $76
(OWC) more than "a bit" ;-)

TimH



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Re: Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

[Tim Collier]

This might sound a bit 'snobbish' but I don't mean it to.I buy all of my
RAM from Apple.  That way I know I'm getting quality RAM that WILL work in
my Mac.  I've never regretted it.  Might pay a bit more, but at least you
know what you're getting.

Tim


On 3/14/05 8:32 AM, "Brian Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Went out yesterday to "BEST BUY" looking for a 1 Gig Memory SO-DIMM for
> my;
> 12" PowerBook G4 867 MHz
> 
> It requires a 266 MHz 200 pin SO-DIMM DDR memory chip. I found a 512
> Meg stick and was informed the 1 Gig chips don't exist. So much for the
> "Geek SQUAD", should be "Geek Squids". Well the factory 256 Meg is just
> not cutting it and I opted for a 512 Meg Card, I picked up a K-Byte
> Memory Chip - 2100/2700 512 Meg DDR SO-DIMM chip for my powerbook. The
> power book only sees 256 Meg of the 512 chip for a grand total of 384
> Meg.
> 
> Good thing I picked it up at a local best buy to return it hassle free.
> Anyone else have this problem? I had a similar problem with single
> sided 256 PC133 SIMMS on my PeeCee.
> 
> Any Suggestions? I would like to buy the memory local, it is better to
> spend a little extra and have the ability to test and return the RAM if
> there is a problem. I like "E-BIZZZ" but memory for an Apple Laptop
> could be a pain in the butt.
> 
> Brian
> 

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Only 256 Meg of 512 Meg RAM is recognized

[Brian Stewart]

Went out yesterday to "BEST BUY" looking for a 1 Gig Memory SO-DIMM for 
my;
12" PowerBook G4 867 MHz

It requires a 266 MHz 200 pin SO-DIMM DDR memory chip. I found a 512 
Meg stick and was informed the 1 Gig chips don't exist. So much for the 
"Geek SQUAD", should be "Geek Squids". Well the factory 256 Meg is just 
not cutting it and I opted for a 512 Meg Card, I picked up a K-Byte 
Memory Chip - 2100/2700 512 Meg DDR SO-DIMM chip for my powerbook. The 
power book only sees 256 Meg of the 512 chip for a grand total of 384 
Meg.

Good thing I picked it up at a local best buy to return it hassle free. 
Anyone else have this problem? I had a similar problem with single 
sided 256 PC133 SIMMS on my PeeCee.

Any Suggestions? I would like to buy the memory local, it is better to 
spend a little extra and have the ability to test and return the RAM if 
there is a problem. I like "E-BIZZZ" but memory for an Apple Laptop 
could be a pain in the butt.

Brian
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