I got memory problems and I don't mean amnesia!
Ok, I've replaced and upgraded PC and Mac memory without trouble before but somethin ain't right this time around.
Here's the deal: I have an iMac G4 800mhz 17" and I wanted to up the RAM now that I have Tiger. I went out and bought (or at least asked for) a 512mb PC133 SO DIMM. The guy kept calling it laptop memory but it was the exact same shape and size as the 256mb card currently in there so I figured it was what I needed. Is that where I went wrong? I installed it without trouble BUT it just doesn't register. In System Profiler it says the DIMM0/J22 slot is empty, empty, empty. I reseated it a few times but same deal.
So that's my problem...but here's SOMETHING ELSE STRANGE that may or may not be related. Notice how I said the current card is 256? Well, I only just now realized that it's registering as 128. Sys Profiler says:
DIMM0/J22 128mb SDRAM PC133U-322
DIMM1/J20 256mb SDRAM PC133U-333
So I have 384mb of RAM with two 256mb chips?! Is this some special math or is something wrong?
Geniuses...please enlighten me!
Here's the deal: I have an iMac G4 800mhz 17" and I wanted to up the RAM now that I have Tiger. I went out and bought (or at least asked for) a 512mb PC133 SO DIMM. The guy kept calling it laptop memory but it was the exact same shape and size as the 256mb card currently in there so I figured it was what I needed. Is that where I went wrong? I installed it without trouble BUT it just doesn't register. In System Profiler it says the DIMM0/J22 slot is empty, empty, empty. I reseated it a few times but same deal.
So that's my problem...but here's SOMETHING ELSE STRANGE that may or may not be related. Notice how I said the current card is 256? Well, I only just now realized that it's registering as 128. Sys Profiler says:
DIMM0/J22 128mb SDRAM PC133U-322
DIMM1/J20 256mb SDRAM PC133U-333
So I have 384mb of RAM with two 256mb chips?! Is this some special math or is something wrong?
Geniuses...please enlighten me!
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C'mon, help a brother out!
So the user-servicable slot must be bad since I have a 256mb chip that shows as 128 and a 512 that doesn't show at all. Damn, that sounds like it'll be a pain to get fixed and I'm sure will cost more than the new RAM did to begin with!
Guess I'll stick with my 384mb of RAM...that's not too bad, I guess.