First off, I'd like to say howdy
About a month or two ago, someone had suggested that I download DIMM First Aid, to keep better track of the health of my DIMMs. I hadn't thought of it, till I joined this list, but could mixed DIMM types cause any problems, with the performance of the system? I opened DIMM First Aid, and it reports:
J3 = DIMM configured for 256MB, 10.0ns PC66-222 J4 = DIMM configured for 256MB, 7.5ns PC133-333 J5 = DIMM configured for 256MB, 7.5ns PC133-333
All DIMMs are reported to be OK, but I'm just wondering if I would see any benefit, to try to find two more DIMMs like in the J3 slot, or maybe even replace all three with PC100-222? I'll eventually be using this Mac as a hard disk based recording studio, so when I get to that point, I want it to be at peak performance, which means that I plan to replace my 2 internal HD's with 120GB WD's w/8MB cache, but that's another post, at another time.
Finally, keep up the good work, with this list, Dan!
Matt in Indiana
Matt
By default your system memory will operate at the speed of the slowest chip installed.
You didn't say if you have upgraded the processor in your Mac to a faster G3 or a G4, if not then you are probably O.K. with the ram you have.
If you have a FAST G3 or a G4 installed then you would likely see some small benefit in the memory throughput by installing three matching sticks of PC133-222 Ram.
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