As we all know, 256 MB of RAM is not nearly enough, and Apple seriously overcharge for RAM. You will therefore need to upgrade the RAM and purchase it from a third party.
A fact that isn't too widely known is that the iMac G5 memory bus has two different configurations - 64 bits wide and 128 bits wide. With either one DIMM installed (the default configuration) or two mismatched DIMMs installed, the bus will be 64 bits wide. In order to get the 128 bit width, two identical DIMMs must be installed. "Identical", in this case, goes a bit beyond size, in that the DIMMs must be of the same configuration and CAS latency. Personally, I would recommend buying Corsair memory, it is very high quality and they sell DIMMs in matched pairs.
I thought of this too, but since the lab is currently Mac and they refuse to work on it (thank God) it wouldn't result in any loss of work for them. I can't imagine them wanting to create more work for themselves since they act like it's such an inconvenience to come fix the Wells Hall PC's when they go belly-up, yet they won't allow anyone else to even think about working on them.
Anyway, thanks for the replies and cards everyone. I'll let you know what happens. If you haven't sent one there's still time and thanks again.
It's simple. They're lazy, they don't want to learn anything new, but they want to keep their jobs, since PCs will always need fixing.
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Just a quick tip about RAM for these machines:
As we all know, 256 MB of RAM is not nearly enough, and Apple seriously overcharge for RAM. You will therefore need to upgrade the RAM and purchase it from a third party.
A fact that isn't too widely known is that the iMac G5 memory bus has two different configurations - 64 bits wide and 128 bits wide. With either one DIMM installed (the default configuration) or two mismatched DIMMs installed, the bus will be 64 bits wide. In order to get the 128 bit width, two identical DIMMs must be installed. "Identical", in this case, goes a bit beyond size, in that the DIMMs must be of the same configuration and CAS latency. Personally, I would recommend buying Corsair memory, it is very high quality and they sell DIMMs in matched pairs.
And, as for this:
I thought of this too, but since the lab is currently Mac and they refuse to work on it (thank God) it wouldn't result in any loss of work for them. I can't imagine them wanting to create more work for themselves since they act like it's such an inconvenience to come fix the Wells Hall PC's when they go belly-up, yet they won't allow anyone else to even think about working on them.
Anyway, thanks for the replies and cards everyone. I'll let you know what happens. If you haven't sent one there's still time and thanks again.
It's simple. They're lazy, they don't want to learn anything new, but they want to keep their jobs, since PCs will always need fixing.