on 9/24/01 6:13 AM, Ron Darlington at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> on 9/24/01 5:02 AM, Justin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Sorry, make that 768 (typo) :oP
>>
>> on 9/24/01 7:27 AM, Justin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> The max amount of ram you can fit into this machine is 758mb. That would be
>>> a 256mb piece in each slot. And to quote someone on the list about possible
>>> complications with types of ram in these beige G3's:
>>>
>>> "appears those who installed additonal ram that wasn't recognized (as I did)
>>> probably had ram using 8 chips per card which rev a doesnt recognize, ram
>>> cards with 16 chips ARE recognized, hence the different experiences. I
>>> bought 256k ram from McMall and they assured me it would work, It does but
>>> only 128k is recognized, meaning it is 8 chip ram. Looks like OWC ram is 16
>>> chips and will be recognized. My info on that comes from this link.
>>>
>>> http://www.accelerateyourmac.com/G3-ZONE/G3_RAM.html
>>>
>>> Doug advises call OWC directly to confirm which I will do Monday, and then
>>> probably buy OWC 256 ram modules 256 X 3 I hope, and the ram is cheap right
>>> now. Best possible solution."
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Justin
>>>
>>>
>>> on 9/24/01 3:16 AM, Evan Parry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>>> To the Mac tech experts out there - what's the maximum RAM I can fit
>>>> into a G3 300 beige desktop machine, and in what configuration? Three
>>>> low profile slots, currently have 2 x 64 Mb cards, about to add 1 x
>>>> 128 Mb card. Thanks. EP
>>>> "There's no reason for it - it's just our policy."
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> I'll be calling OWC today re the g3 beige 233 ram question, appears max
> total MAY be 768k ram for about $108 total!!!! WITHOUT changing the stock
> ROM Rev A.....I'll post when I get the answer
>
http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=2541&Item=TPC100SD256
OWC assures me this ram chip IS low profile and WILL work in all Beige
desktop G3 cpu, even though apple specs say max ram is 192 MB. Each ram slot
will recognize up to 256K of THIS kind of ram. I sent for 3 sets for a total
with shipping of $113 US shipped within the US. I'll remove the 256k chip I
got from McMall that only registers 128k, and the (2) 32k chips in the
remaining 2 slots, and replace with (1) 256k ram chip in each of the three
now empty slots for a total of 768k ram recognized by the cpu which is using
the original ROM version A (Rev A sometimes called Rev 1).
This should change the previous recognized ram from 192 MB to the true
maximum ram the machine is capable of which is 768MB. No other changes or
software needed. Chips are supposed to arrive Wednesday so I'll let you know
then if they actually work. I expect they will :)
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