Hmm, I have 512 Megs of Ram in my 9500, 4 128 meg dimms, interleaved, with a 350
Mhz G3 card........and everything is fine............
"Anderson, Christopher" wrote:
> You say that you have invested thousands of dollars into this system...Does
> that mean that you have upgraded the processor to a G3 or G4? If you have
> then the max amount of ram that you can have will only be 1.12GB. Any G3 or
> G4 upgrade card does not like it when the ram is interleaved. The dimm
> slots in your machine are labeled: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, and B1, B2, B3,
> B4, B5, B6. When ram is interleaved, this means that there is the same size
> chip in the corresponding slot. For example: if you have a 128meg chip in
> A1 and another 128meg chip in B1, then the ram is interleaved. Interleaving
> ram can enhance the speed of the ram. But since all G3 and G4 upgrade cards
> do not like interleaved ram, you cannot interleave the ram.. I have a 9600
> and a Daystar Genesis(which is based off of a 9500) that have both been
> upgraded to G3's and the max amount of ram in each machine is 1.12GB. That
> is 6x128meg and 6x64meg. I have the 128's arranged in slots A1-A6 and the
> 64's are in B1-B6. This seems to be the best configuration in my
> experience. I do recommend OWC's memory. I have had nothing but success
> with the company. I have 2.24GB of OWC's memory installed in these 2
> machines alone and I am satisfied. I do have other ram from OWC installed
> in other machines too.
>
> Thanx,
> Chris Anderson
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jess Batiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:30 AM
> Subject: OWC RAM. . .need your opinion. . .
>
> > OK folks, here's my dellima. . .I've got my PowerMac
> > 9500/150 and like most people in this list group, I've
> > got thousands of dollars wraped up in my system. I
> > just calculated the overall cost of upgrading my RAM
> > in my system. If I use OWC's 128 meg DIMM's and load
> > up my motherboard with the max 1.5 gig RAM (drool), it
> > would be UNDER $470.00!! And that would be for 12 128
> > MEG DIMM's! But. . .would it be worth it? Are OWC
> > RAM modules stable? They do, by the way, have a
> > lifetime warrenty. . .which is another important
> > factor for me when choosing my RAM. So, if any of you
> > are running OWC RAM in your Mac's right now and want
> > to share what it's been like as far as stability,
> > etc., let me know. Thanks!
> >
> > Jess
> >
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