iMac g4 Memory

[MAC1988]

Hey guys this is my first post yesterday i bought my first imac 800hz 512mb 60gb for 200 bucks yesterday so i brought it home put my 160 gb loaded up OSX now i wanna upgrade my memory i have alway used pc's so i did some researching and from what i understand mac doesn't use ECC memory correct?? I want to just put 1x 1GB stick of pc 133 but i cannot find the non-ecc and i accidently purchased ECC ram on eBay can someone give me the lowdown with my first mac will it work if i just put the one stick off 1GB PC 133 ECC ?

 

[igucl]

You know what? I don't know. But what I would do is go to crucial.com and see what type of RAM they say is right for your computer. It should tell you whether it is ECC or not.

 

[aquajet]

Memory specifications

iMac G4s don't support ECC SDRAM. 512mb is the largest chip they can use as well.

 

[MAC1988]

right on thank you i guess ill have to sell my stick of 1gb pc 133 i jusr ordered on ebay lol thanks for the help guys

 

[diamond3]

You still might be able to put more memory in it than what it says. When I was looking at upgrading my imac g4 1ghz 17", i read multiple posts saying that even though it says 1 gig total memory that you can actually put more than that with the 1gig sodimm.

 

[aquajet]

You still might be able to put more memory in it than what it says. When I was looking at upgrading my imac g4 1ghz 17", i read multiple posts saying that even though it says 1 gig total memory that you can actually put more than that with the 1gig sodimm.

Models which use DDR RAM (1ghz +) can use 2gb. Older models with PC133 (700, 800 mhz) can only use 1gb.