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Old Gigabit G4 Memory Amount? 1.5 or 2 gig max?
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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How much memory could the old Gigabit G4's hold as far as memory is concerned. Specs I find say 1.5, but that makes no sense since the machine has 4 slots, and if it can take 512 meg sticks (hense to even get to 1.5 gigs) it should actually hold 2 gigs of ram. Am I missing anything that would bust the 2 gig theroy?
Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet) - Technical Specifications
Was this an OS9 thing and with X installed will it report and use 2 gigs, if I install 4 sticks of 512 meg pc100 memory?
Thanks...
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- Eric
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Mine is one version newer (Digital Audio) and I've only got three ram slots.
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IIRC OS 9 was 1.5. OSX can actually see the whole 2GB.
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That is correct.
OS9=1.5 Gig
OSX=2 Gig
Maximum memory per stick = 512MB
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correctomundo  4 slots X 512mb = 2GB!
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Signatures are ugly. Bitchy women are ugly......YOU do the math :)
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Ok, Just added 2 - 512mb sticks & with the memory installed it wont "bong" or boot up, power light comes on and that's it..
Any suggestions? bad memory?
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~Clay~
It's not just a toy, it's a highly technical well engineered machine..
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It's probably bad memory. Try each stick one at a time to isolate the bad one. Otherwise a hitting the CUDA switch is never a bad idea (just don't hold it down or you'll drain your PRAM battery).
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Ok, Thanks for your response.. I am not following you with the "hitting the cuda switch part.. lol Will you explain..??
I did try each stick can't get either one to boot up, went back to my 256's and they are working probably just have bad memory.. <blah> lol
(Last edited by Whoison2nd; Nov 9, 2006 at 01:26 PM.
(Reason:added))
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~Clay~
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ok after research I understand what you are talking about with cuda switch now..
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~Clay~
It's not just a toy, it's a highly technical well engineered machine..
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