on 9/25/2001 1:10, Ron Darlington at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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 :)
Ron,
Nice to hear the guys at OWC have got things sorted out for you. It's
also nice to know that even though they might not be able to get a hold of
any later rev ROM chips for the beige G3's they are still trying to make
sure these workhorses live as long and as productively as possible.
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Finally updated with a shot of all the internal drives
And the front of the painted machine with the USB hub.
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