Re: Memory slot location
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:53 AM, hillhippy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to replace the optical drive in my sister in laws iMac G4 1.25Ghz 17. While I've got it taken apart I want to max out the RAM and upgrade the hard drive. The problem is the machine has two DIMM slots one under the base plate and one on the mother board. They each use different memory form factors SO-DIMM and SDRAM. The slots are numbered DIMM 0-J22 and DIMM 1-J20, But there is no information that I can find about which jack is which (even Apples service source fails to list the jack numbers). I need this information to buy the correct memory prior to taking the machine apart (which I only want to do once). I'm sure that I have missed something obvious. The slot on the motherboard uses standard desktop PC2700 DDR RAM with a maximum size of 1GB. Here's a good price, especially for Crucial stick: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145086 The user-accessible slot underneath the bottom plate uses PC2700 SODIMM Laptop memory, also with a maximum size of 1GB, so you can max the memory at 2GB. Here's another good price, also for a Crucial stick. Free shipping on both, too: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145068 HTH Alex --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Memory slot location
On Sep 29, 2008, at 7:53 AM, hillhippy wrote: I'm going to replace the optical drive in my sister in laws iMac G4 1.25Ghz 17. While I've got it taken apart I want to max out the RAM and upgrade the hard drive. The problem is the machine has two DIMM slots one under the base plate and one on the mother board. They each use different memory form factors SO-DIMM and SDRAM. The slots are numbered DIMM 0-J22 and DIMM 1-J20, But there is no information that I can find about which jack is which (even Apples service source fails to list the jack numbers). I need this information to buy the correct memory prior to taking the machine apart (which I only want to do once). I'm sure that I have missed something obvious. Thanks for your help I have the very same 17 G4 1.25 GHz iMac. J20 is the SDRAM slot on the top side of the logic board. Replacing this requires that you remove the 4 T15 screws that hold the bottom to the top part of the case. (Don't forget to use new thermal paste and to tighten these 4 screws to 17 inch pounds when you reassemble the case.) J22 is the user-accessible SO-DIMM slot that requires only that you loosen the four captive Phillips head screws and remove the bottom plate. HTH. Jim Scott --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
