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PickledSquirrel
Mar 30, 2004, 09:54 AM
Have been searching hi and lo, but cannot find tech-specs for ram to put in user-accesible slot.
Would very much like 512 MB
Manual says PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR-SDRAM 3,3 v. no buffer.
I can only find that in a 200 pin-version, and I believe 144 is needed.
144-pin though, only comes in PC133 and max 256 MB.
What's a poor girl to do :confused:
wrldwzrd89
Mar 30, 2004, 10:06 AM
Have been searching hi and lo, but cannot find tech-specs for ram to put in user-accesible slot.
Would very much like 512 MB
Manual says PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR-SDRAM 3,3 v. no buffer.
I can only find that in a 200 pin-version, and I believe 144 is needed.
144-pin though, only comes in PC133 and max 256 MB.
What's a poor girl to do :confused:
I looked on crucial.com (http://www.crucial.com/) for memory for the 20" iMac you have; it turns out that you need the 200-pin PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR-SDRAM for the user slot, not the 144-pin one. The 144-pin RAM might be what the factory slot requires.
tomf87
Mar 30, 2004, 10:07 AM
According to Crucial:
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Apple%2BiMac&mfr=Apple&cat=RAM&model=iMac+%28G4-1.25GHz%2C+20-inch%29&submit=Go
It is a 200-pin SODIMM.
EDIT: Sorry for the duplicate post. Also, my 800 iMac uses a 168-pin SDRAM DIMM in the factory slot, not an SODIMM.
jxyama
Mar 30, 2004, 10:07 AM
Have been searching hi and lo, but cannot find tech-specs for ram to put in user-accesible slot.
Would very much like 512 MB
Manual says PC2700 SO-DIMM DDR-SDRAM 3,3 v. no buffer.
I can only find that in a 200 pin-version, and I believe 144 is needed.
144-pin though, only comes in PC133 and max 256 MB.
What's a poor girl to do :confused:
according to crucial (http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Apple%2BiMac&mfr=Apple&cat=RAM&model=iMac+%28G4-1GHz+PC2700+DDR%29&submit=Go ), iMac flat-panel needing DDR PC2700 uses 200-pin RAM... it's still a SO-DIMM modules used in laptops, which i believe is the correct one to use for flat-panel iMacs...
PickledSquirrel
Mar 30, 2004, 02:11 PM
for helping out, DIMM ordered and will be arriving soon.
Dreadnought
Mar 31, 2004, 02:02 PM
According to Mactracker (a little freeware app that has info on all Macs and that you can get from versiontracker.com) tells it is a 200 pin PC2700 SO-dimm for the user and a 184 pin PC2700 SDRAM factory installed.
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