400ddr 2 gig ram chips

[stuuert]

I have an older g5 tower and was wondering if anyone out there had tried to max out the ram in it. it is a dual processor (2ghz), but only has 4 ram slots. I have 4 gig's of ram currently but I am trying to replace the other two 256K chips with 2-2gig chips. I have tried to find 400ddr 2 gig chips but cannot find them anywhere. Suggestions?

 

[krye]

From here:
http://www.memorysuppliers.com/pog5me.html

400 MHz 2G kit for a G5:
http://www.memorysuppliers.com/sa2gbpc40cl1.html

The only 2G sticks they have is for a 533 bus Dual core machine. Is yours dual core? I don't think you'll find 2G 400 sticks as I don't think they are supported.

 

[greenlightracer]

I have an older g5 tower and was wondering if anyone out there had tried to max out the ram in it. it is a dual processor (2ghz), but only has 4 ram slots. I have 4 gig's of ram currently but I am trying to replace the other two 256K chips with 2-2gig chips. I have tried to find 400ddr 2 gig chips but cannot find them anywhere. Suggestions?

There isn't any. the only 400ddr 2GB sticks are ECC, which are not compatible with our G5's. I just did a bunch of research to try to find out if I could do this myself, and I came across an apple tech note that states that even some xserves g5 won't take 2GB sticks and how to find out if your machine supports them. If I recall correctly, Apple did initially state the G5 would have 2GB stick support, but later documents show the maximum for our machines between 4 - 8GBs.