on 7/5/01 19:25, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Now, I knew Apple only rated the beige G3s to 768MB, but I figured that was
> because big DIMMS didn't exist at production time (in fact, mine was only
> rated to 384! Apple later changed that after testing 256MB DIMMS - or so I
> heard. AppleSpec still says 384MB max). Also, 16Bit RAM?! What the heck?
> I guess I'm confused... I thought the RAM controller has a pipe 64bits wide
> (hence the install in pairs for NuBus macs and interleaving in PCI macs...)
> So that's why I figured 32Bits would be ok. Plus, I know some older Macs
> can go up to 1.5GB of RAM, so I figured the G3 could too, as long as you can
> find sticks big enough...
>
> Can someone help me out? There must be a RAM guru out there somewhere...
No RAM guru in me but the limit is real. 768 for Beige G3s and 1 gig on
B&Ws! It's likely a hardware limitation on the mobo as opposed to software
(since there are only minor differences in the "ROM" code).
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