Hi I thought I was crazy. 1GB of RAM in a 350Mhz G3. I bet OS9 rips along.
I had 512MB in a 333Mhz PowerBook G3 Lombard running Tiger and it was useable easily. I then had 1GB in a 400Mhz PowerBook G3 Pismo and it screamed along, so I bet your iMac is quite speedy even for an old G3. Simon --- Visit my Mac site at http://www.simonroyal.co.uk. Or Skype me on 'Simon-Royal'. (Apple PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, SuperDrive. Mac OSX 10.5, 10.4 & 9.2.2...) On Apr 18 2009, John Hokanson Jr. wrote: Here are the shiny "new" pics: http://www.smiadvocacy.org/g3imac_memory.jpg http://www.smiadvocacy.org/g3imac_memory2.jpg http://www.smiadvocacy.org/g3imac_memory3.jpg Note the CPU specs in the second picture (a really unimpressive G3). Also, it would appear that OS 9 will NOT allow you to run VM once you hit 1 gig (see third pic). It's doubtful you'll ever need VM with 1 gig and in the classic OS, but I know some people are advocates of using VM in OS 9 because it maps out memory a bit better. I got the DIMMs from Omi Technologies, which you can visit at: omnitechnologies.biz. I specifically bought from them because they were recommended by Ramseeker (via LEM) for my machine. What you want is "iMac G3 SL OptiVal 512MB PC100 SDRAM". Although when I run "DIMM First Aid" (see below), they check out as 7.5ns PC133-333 DIMMs, and give a couple of other intesting bits of info. Unit price is $25.99. For three day shipping for two sticks, you're looking at $56.97. I find this reasonable. Also, it's interesting to note that my machine didn't boot up properly the first time I put them in. It "gonged" but didn't get to the happy face mac, it just sorta sat there. After cycling the power twice, everything appears to work fine, and it's booted every time since (knock on wood). For those of you having problems, I would recommend cycling the power a couple of times to see if that does the trick. Also, do a deep zap of the PRAM using Tech Tool (Lite works fine). It shouldn't make any difference, but I've seen the damnest things fixed through this method. Also, I highly recommend everybody look at this (which might fix some of the problems you all have been having): http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/10415 You can see a pic of the test this program runs here: http://www.smiadvocacy.org/g3imac_memory4.jpg - John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
