Re: RAM compatibility between G3 and G4

2008-12-12 Thread Paul
That pretty much answers my question. DIMM First Aid supposedly will adjust RAM cards so that they will work after certain firmware updates. "Many PC133" (and not "all") is probably right, because I heard that later PC133 RAM is different and could possibly cause permanent trouble when installed

Re: RAM compatibility between G3 and G4

2008-12-12 Thread PeterH
On Dec 12, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Paul wrote: > The G3 B/W tower and several early G4 towers all use PC100 memory, but > Other World Computing distinguishes between G3 and Yikes on one hand, > and AGP and Gigabit on the other. They don't recommend using the same > RAM in all of these, and told me tha

Re: RAM compatibility between G3 and G4

2008-12-12 Thread Yersinia
Paul writes, 1. In my past experience of a few RAM upgrades from my BF's "Box O'RAM," if you have RAM sticks of a certain type, i.e., PC-100 SDRAM or PC-133 SDRAM, those RAM sticks will work in any Mac which shipped with that kind of RAM. IMO, OWC problably lists and discusses their RAM that

RAM compatibility between G3 and G4

2008-12-12 Thread Paul
The G3 B/W tower and several early G4 towers all use PC100 memory, but Other World Computing distinguishes between G3 and Yikes on one hand, and AGP and Gigabit on the other. They don't recommend using the same RAM in all of these, and told me that the programming and design of the memory cards ar