> From: Jake Stickelmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm new to the list. In my life as grad student and educator I use my > iMac > many hours a day, but still am very tech challenged. Can you tell me > what > RAM upgrade will work in my SE DVD G3/400? I currently have 128. I came > close to buying 256 MB PC 133/100 168 PIN DIMM, Simpletech brand, 38$ > at > COSTCO today, but thought I might need straight PC-100 (per APPLE Doc > 58466) > and wasn't sure about the brand.
Welcome! The RAM you were about to purchase would probably have worked fine, but for safety's sake I always buy my RAM from mail-order dealers who are known to be Mac-friendly. I broke my own rule and got some ludicrously-cheap RAM at OfficeMax once ... guess what. Put it in and my iMac became flaky as hell. Took it out and everything worked perfectly. My two favourite RAM dealers are OWC (Other World Computing) and 1-800-4-MEMORY, though I have heard nice things about other dealers too. If smalldog.com sells RAM at a comparable price, you should support them because they support this list! For the record, all G3 iMacs from 350MHz up take the same type of RAM -- 64x64 PC100 (or PC133) 168-pin SDRAM. When buying RAM from an unfamiliar dealer, you want to make sure it's 7ns (nanosecond) or lower, and make SURE it's CL2 (I assume that means cache level 2) -- CL3 does not work in Macs, and is inferior RAM generally anyway. With the price of 512MB of RAM for you machine hovering around $50, I'd spring for that if I were you. You were going to pay nearly $40 for 256MB, so why not the best? _Chas_ Come to ... The CHASbah! http://thechasbah.blogspot.com **Go see BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. It may change your life.** -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
