On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 06:27 PM, (Unsupported OS X) wrote:
> The only possible reasons that their RAM wouldn't work are: 1. It is
> slower
> than 60ns. (some G3 upgrades work with 70ns, but I've found that most
> need 60ns
> or faster.) 2. It is composite RAM, which means a smaller DIMM with the
> old
> chips replaced. (or added to) You don't want to use that kind of DIMM
> in any
> computer. If neither of those reasons apply, the "tech" doesn't know
> what he
> is talking about. The same DIMMs used in any PCI Mac can be used with
> a G3 /
> G4 upgrade as long as they are 60ns or faster. (and with most upgrades,
> larger
> than 8 Meg DIMMs.) The current price at OWC is about $25.00/128 Meg.
> I've been
> buying all of mine from them for a while. I've learned to not do
> business with
> companies that don't know their own products. (Is that the same company
> that
> was shipping so many bad DIMMs a while back?)
I'm currently having the same problem - I bought one of those 128MB
"special" DIMMs for use with my UMAX J700 (with a Powerlogix Powerforce
G3 card) from SA Technologies at Macworld Expo in July. It didn't work,
the J700 would either lock up or it would turn on but without the
startup chime and hang. Neither did the replacement RAM they sent me
this week. However, to their credit Satech is going to send me two 64 MB
standard DIMMs to replace the 128 MB "special" and see what happens.
I had a similar problem with an FPM DIMM OWC sold me last year,
when they shipped me a replacement EDO DIMM things went real peachy :)
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