Hi, I recently purchased (from Coast-to-Coast) and installed six 128 MB DIMMs (fast page) in my PowerMac 7500, thus increasing the RAM from 88 MB to 832. I did this even though I was told that Apple does not stand behind the 128 DIMMs because they did not exist when this computer was being manufactured, since I had heard that the 128's have worked for other Mac users.
After installing the additional DIMMs, of course the additional memory significantly increases speed and power. But I have experienced one annoying thing -- the machine does not power up with just the usual power-up keyboard button (the top right one on my extended keyboard), but also requires an additional "soft" or "forced" restart" (using the key combination of control-apple-powerup). This second forced restart can be done within seconds of the first startup button pressing, and therefore doesn't take that much more time, but I'm wondering if having to do this is somehow hard on my PowerMac 7500 (?) Have any of you experienced something similar after adding RAM memory? I've tried non-interleaving the RAM, rearranging the two 32 MG DIMMs, booting up with a smaller 14" monitor than my Multiscan 15", and several other idiosyncratic attempts. The DIMMs have a 30 day return policy, and I have about 10 more days to decide on keeping or returning them. I've even wondered if purchasing two more 128's might help (upping the RAM to its maximum of 1024), or if exchanging them from fast-page DIMMs to EDO (sp?) -- not recommended by Coast-to Coast -- might solve things. I've even wondered if there is some reset button that I'm unaware of (?) Any suggestions would be much appreciated. TIA. Greenfield Bowie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL LIST PRICES - Apple PCI Video Cards from $19.99, MacOS 8.5 CD $79.99 Replacement Parts IN STOCK, Apple CDROMs from $19.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
