On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Lee Larson wrote: > On Nov 4, 2004, at 6:45 AM, MTYREE at aol.com multiquestioned: > >> Can my iMac (G3 400 MHz, slot loading) use either PC100 or PC133 memory >> modules? >> >> What's the max? (Apple says 512 MB, but vendors say 1 GB). >> thanks! > > It should work with either PC100 or PC133. > > Several of the machines Apple came out with at that time were advertised to > max out at 512 MB, but actually do recognize 1 GB. I think this is because > they only have two memory slots and the largest PC100 DIMMs Apple sold at the > time were 256 MB. Many people have upgraded theirs by filling the slots with > 512 MB DIMMs instead. > > I know it works with the iMac DV (DVD+Firewire) model because I've used one > with 1 GB inside.
Yep, doubly confirmed. I just took the slot-loading 350mhz iMac to > 512Mb, despite the 512M max advertising. I used crucial and figured if they got it wrong, they'd not be able to refuse a refund anyway. Hen | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
