On Feb 18, 2005, at 12:37 PM, Alexander MacLeod wrote:
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:43:37 -0600, Dan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Depends on which PC. I have one that would only see them as 128MB sticks.
Or nothing at all. It depends on the OWC memory. The SDRAM that they spec for Beige, B&W and Yikes! G4s won't work in almost any PC, save for a very few Slot A (old style AMD Athlon) Mobos. This is due to the unusual pinout of that particular module.
That is utter BS.
SDRAM is SDRAM is SDRAM. Some motherboards have issues with using PC 133 SDRAM, but that's it. Now if the motherboard requires, say, pc2200, and you stick in slower ram it won't work, but if the mobo takes that speed ram, it works.
-- Bruce Johnson
Here's a comment I made last month regarding my experience with OWC RAM that applies here, but not to it's PC applications or compatibility per se:
"The cheaper OWC 256MB PC100 CL2 RAM for beige machines, G3 B&W and G4 Yikes (OWC100SD256324) works great in my beige. Mine was $26 a few weeks ago. However, OWC buys bulk PC 133 RAM chips for their DIMMS and then "programs" the RAM differently for different levels of machines. You need to take note of the OWC # on the DIMM for identification because otherwise the DIMM will be marked as higher grade PC133 3-2-2 but will NOT actually have the same performance specs as their $75 PC133 RAM (OWC133SAD256168) that can be used in a larger variety of higher end machines. They don't re-label it correctly after programming except for their catalog part number, which won't mean diddly a year from now when it's pulled from your beige and you see the "PC133 3-2-2" and try to stick it in a G4 Quicksilver or iMac 700Mhz and it doesn't work right. I wrote "PC100 CL2 beige" on mine as a reminder."
Mike
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