iMac (bondi blue) memory question

[simX]

So I recently brought my original iMac home from school where my dad had temporarily had it working. It took him a bit to get used to the presence of his upgraded cousin, but he's taking it well.

Anyway, I was considering trying to install Mac OS X on it just for kicks (I want to see what the performance of Mac OS X is on just about the earliest possible Mac you can install it on), and I was wondering what the maximum memory that it can hold is. I know that Apple states that the maximum is 256 MB (one 128 MB SO-DIMM in the upper slot, one 128 MB SO-DIMM in the lower slot), but I was wondering if that's actually the case. I know there are at least 512 MB SO-DIMMs (since my 17" G4 iMac uses those for the user-accessible slot), and I was curious as to whether the original iMac will actually recognize all 512 MB.

Does anyone have any experience? I would be very interested in knowing, since it currently only has 64 MB of RAM, which is not enough to even install Mac OS X (we accidentally tried it on a 333 MHz iMac at my dad's school, and Mac OS X just refused to install -- the CD just kept spinning around in the drive; once we installed 256 more MB of RAM, it installed it without a fuss).

 

[MrMacMan]

I know the celling is higher, I added 256 to make my total Ram 320.

I'm not sure, but I don't think it *wouldn't* accept the Ram. (Was that a double negative...?)

There is no reason for it not to take the Ram.

All the other G3's have no problem.

Its not gonna hurt the machine either way.

 

[simX]

Originally posted by MrMacman
I know the celling is higher, I added 256 to make my total Ram 320.

I'm not sure, but I don't think it *wouldn't* accept the Ram. (Was that a double negative...?)

There is no reason for it not to take the Ram.

All the other G3's have no problem.

Its not gonna hurt the machine either way.

Right, I know, but I've heard of stories where people buy high density RAM (like 512 MB modules), and then the computer goes and only recognizes half of it.

So I just wanted to make sure that that's a myth, or to find out what the maximum size module the original iMac can handle.

 

[MrMacMan]

All I know is that they be lieing about the 256 Max because I put a 256 in and it worked,=.


I'll fade away and see if anyone put a even higher amount of ram inside.