On Monday, July 12, 2004, at 08:23AM, Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >On Jul 11, 2004, at 01:41 pm, Stephen Berry wrote: > >> I too have seen this in some Macs. I can't remember the exact techy >> specs of the RAM suited to the machines, but I think you're safe if >> the 256 sticks have chips on both sides of the DIMM ie 16 chips. It's >> too risky getting no-name RAM for Macs, so I usually go to a supplier >> that has a "memory selector" on their web site! > >Every PC133 256MB I've tried has worked in my B&W, guess I'm just lucky >:) > >I thought it was possibly related to 'single bank' and 'double bank' >RAM chips. This is something that has cropped up a few times in Macs in >the past. IIRC 16-chip units are double-bank. >According to Crucial RAM however it is related to the machine not >supporting modern 'high density' RAM chips so thusly the DIMMs have to >be 32Mbitx64 (16 chip double sided) to work, rather than 64Mbitx32 (8 >chips single sided). I think. Don't quote me on that.... > In addition to the above, I can also confirm that the RAM limit of the B&W G3 is 1GB, it will if given the right 512MB sticks, take 2 of those in Slots 1 and 2 but all RAM installed in the upper 2 sockets will subsequently be ignored. I've never tried it myself so I can't confirm, but I believe that is the case. -- Mark Benson http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.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/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
