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[talktooloose]

Admittedly, this is a long-shot, but...

Does anyone have 512mb (or 256mb, I guess) of Mac-friendly PC133 SDRAM dimms that I could have or buy cheap?

I need them to ramp up my machine for one project but then I'm going to buy a G5 next summer and it uses a different kind of RAM.

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[nekidwhiteboy.livejournal.com]

I went to fry's, and I found a few things out. They only had one G4 model listed with a 466mhz CPU (specifically referred to as the "silver G4-466 single CPU with Digital Audio"), so, assuming that's correct, they offer compatable 512mb memory modules for it from three brands (Coursair, Kingston, and I *think* the other was PNY). All three were about $100 each, give or take 2 or 3 bucks. I looked at the 256mb modules they had as well, since you've got two open memory slots (I'm assuming), but all the 256mb ones were $70-$80...less of a bargain than the 512mb modules.

I looked online at a few places also, and it seems that $100 ± $5 is the going rate...best I could find anyway. In that case, of course, I'd say just go ahead and buy the one you found online in that price range.

FYI: the ONLY time I've ever heard of a 'bad' memory module derailing its respective logic board is a rather bizarre incident in which a profoundly retarded mac owner installed a new memory upgrade in his brand new G4...while it was running. Something like that would handily fuck up the logic board, but a faulty memory chip would simply fail to be recognized by the OS, or, worst case scenario, cause the system to do sketchy things (odd file deletion, auto-mount drives not being shown as mounted in the finder, and other various poltergiest-like activity.

Actually, if you wanna be sure that the memory you end up buying IS working properly, you could install it, put in the Apple Hardware Test CD, reboot from that CD and run the "thorough" test. If there's anything physically wrong with your RAM modules (or your video card, or your hard drive, logic board, and a couple other things as I recall) it'll let you know.

Sorry I couldn't be of any better help!

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Thanks for all your efforts. I walked into my third Mac store today and they were able to undercut the nearest quote I'd received by almost $40. So I bought it, paying maybe $20 more than the Fry's one. Unless customs opened it and charged me Goods and Service Tax plus $5 for their trouble. Unless something was wrong with the product and had to be returned.

Yeah, all this poking around is worth it to save a lot, but not to save a little.

I hope I didn't put you to a lot of trouble and I appreciate the zeal of your help.

'Night.