on 9/24/01 10:28 AM, Doug Wilson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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.
Doug,
Yes OWC was great. They must get a LOT of questions about it because I tried
to stump the band but the rep was right on it....says NO PROBLEM! Whoo hoo
Many thanks to you since your excellent info was also SPOT ON and led me
from "I don't know" to my new ram arrives Wednesday. I'm HAPPY. Thanks my
friend.
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