iMac G3 (slot-load) - Adding RAM from a different brand

[vittimac]

Hello all

I recently found some ram on ebay for $2.00 (2 512MB PC100 sticks for a buck each) but they are for Dell Poweredge.

My question is even though they are Dell Poweredge Ram ad since the specs for the RAM match that of the iMac G3, can I still use them in the iMac G3?

Here are the specs for the RAM:

Brand: Dell / Viking Components
Dell P/N: 6084D
Capacity: 512MB
512MB ECC PC100Mhz
Speed: PC-100MHz
Type: 168-Pin SDRAM

 

[ziggyonice]

As long as the specs are the same, the RAM will work. That's why it's a lot cheaper to get RAM from third-parties (instead of Apple).

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

That looks like desktop RAM, not laptop. The iMacs have always had laptop RAM.

 

[vittimac]

This is for an iMac G3. the first iMac's. They used desktop RAM.

ziggyonice - I'll try tonight and see if it works. i just wasn't too sure if it would ruin the slots or short the slots (I'm very paranoid I was always told the RAM was the most sensitive part of a computer so i treat them like they were babies )

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

This is for an iMac G3. the first iMac's. They used desktop RAM.

ziggyonice - I'll try tonight and see if it works. i just wasn't too sure if it would ruin the slots or short the slots (I'm very paranoid I was always told the RAM was the most sensitive part of a computer so i treat them like they were babies )

My iMac G3 (233 rev a) uses laptop RAM.

FYI, most of the bits were from the iBook.

 

[vittimac]

Odd. the slots are for 168 pins.

 

[OrangeSVTguy]

That's server memory. I don't think that'll work...

 

[vittimac]

I tried to add the memory yesterday and when I booted up the computer, fans turned, cd-drive spun a bit, HDD was spinning but no bootup and no chime.

If this is server RAM then i guess I'm in a hole. But like I said before, i spent a dollar on each stick so there is no real loss. Only that I need to find more now.

 

[velocityg4]

It says in the specs that it is ECC memory.

For the iMac it needs to be non-ECC, unbuffered, and low density. There are a lot of cheap high density modules floating around and for the most part they will not work.

I've been looking at PC133 memory. And it seems to be that the absolute best price runs $13 shipped for 512MB on eBay. Most PC133 is backwards compatible but I think more recently made Kingston ValueRAM sticks are not.

 

[eRondeau]

Co-incidentally, just last night I ordered 2 X 512MB of the identical RAM you need from OWC. Each stick was around $28, which is still dirt cheap in my opinion.

 

[vittimac]

I found some more RAM on ebay for iMac G3's. A little bit more than a dollar but thats fine. Thanks everyone for your help