on 9/26/01 3:57 PM, Ron Darlington at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My three sets of 256k RAM arrived from OWC, first alarm was they were > labelled PC133 & they should be PC100. I installed anyway, one bank at a > time then restart, and sure enough it was recognized by my beige G3 233 with > the original ROM Rev A! Whoo hoo! Apple specs say max ram is 192 MB and the > old work around was swapping out the ROM card for ROM RevB or C, but those > ROM cards are unavailable anymore. OWC has RAM chips that WORK, something > about being in banks of 16 instead of the newer 8 which is not recognized in > full. So..........problem solved. Your beige G3 (any model) WILL support > 768k of RAM if you use the right RAM chip configuration, other Ram chips > won't deliver the full amount installed (usually registers half the Ram the > chip has). this is the Ram at OWC: > http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Page.cfm?Parent=24&Title=G3%20and%20G4%20S > DRAM&Template= and today it is $6 per chip cheaper than I bought it Monday. > 768k costs a total of less than $105 US and arrives at your door in two > days or less (mine came the next day). This is a REALLY GREAT DEAL! Thanks > to all who helped me figure this out! :) Bottom line is I have a totally > stock OEM beige "Gossamer" 233MZ desktop with the old ROM Rev A running 768k > of RAM with no modifications whatsoever other than the simple install of (3) > 256k RAM chips from OWC. This is GOOD. that address is http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Page.cfm?Parent=24&Title=G3%20and%20G4%20S DRAM&Template= the previous address left off the = sign which doesn't get it to the chips themselves, just the QWC memory search..........sorry.
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