On Feb 4, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Dennis Myhand wrote: > > Jeff Bequette wrote: >> I have a dual 1.8 , G5 June 2004 with 4 ram slots... it lists it >> max ram >> is 4GB, 1 gig per slot. I am currently maxed out, but seeing the >> price >> drops lately, I was wondering if anyone put in and been able to >> use 2 >> gig sticks in? >> >> Jeff Bequette >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > Technically...it should only see the maximum amount of RAM it is > supposed see and nothing should go wrong. I just recently worked on a > PC which was supposed to see 4 gigs, and the owner installed 4 > gigs, and > it was only seeing 2.5 gigs. Come to find out that the four gigs > it was > supposed to see was actually only 3 gigs, if you had a 2 gig stick > and a > 1 gig stick installed, or 2.5 gigs if you installed 2, 2 gig sticks > like > the owner did. But hey! what's a little false advertising among > friends? It should either see the 4 gigs, see more than 4 gigs, or > not > recognize the RAM sticks. Try overstuffing one slot and let us know > what happens. I would be curious to know as well. Peace, Dennis
like most G5's it goes in pairs, so I'd have to buy 2x2gigs to experiment- hence the question before purchase. its not cheap enough for 'experiments! > > > Jeff Bequette [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
