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emac memory

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quadrant6

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Dec 6, 2002
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Well I may be buying my emac tomorrow. The girl in the mac store gave me the price and inlcuded the applecare 3 year warrenty and extra 512bm of ram (both with additional costs)

I noticed tlater on that the price was pretty expensive for this extra 512mb sd-ram.

I have 3 questions:

1. The ram that comes default with the macs, emac in this case is just generic sd-ram isn't it? therefore the extra 512mb of ram she was offering will no doubt be generic too.

2. Can the emac take pc133 sd-ram or pc100 (or both)

3. If I say no and get some nice brand (Crucial) ram elsewhere and put it in myself would that void the warrenty at all?



thanks.
 
PC-133 ram is backwards compatible with PC-100, so you could put your own in. However, if you put in your own (non-apple approved) Ram, and that Ram causes damage to your system, the repairs WILL NOT be covered under AppleCare warranty.
 
2X Kingston 512MB, SDRAM, DIMM, PC133

that way i can get 1GB of decent name ram for the same price as what the store girl was giving me for 512mb generic apple ram.


However i want to be sure this ram will be ok, has anyone here used this type of ram?
 
Originally posted by quadrant6
2X Kingston 512MB, SDRAM, DIMM, PC133

that way i can get 1GB of decent name ram for the same price as what the store girl was giving me for 512mb generic apple ram.


However i want to be sure this ram will be ok, has anyone here used this type of ram?
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You should never buy ram from apple. its way expensive, and since ram is a user installable part, it won't void your warranty to install it (the other poster may be right, in that damage caused by the ram may not be covered, but seriously, I have never once heard of that happening). check out ramseeker.com.
 
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