Would this ram work?

[Ih8reno]

http://bit.ly/1n711iA

Looking to mac out the ram in my new imac g4 700mhz. The user accessible slot currently has 256 mb ram and I want it at 512. Would the above product work in my machine?

 

[Hughmac]

Probably.

Your best bet is to go to http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=iMac%20%28G4-700%29&Cat=RAM and match the specs from there, unless of course you want to pay Crucial prices

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Ih8reno]

It says it's for a laptop but the specs seem to match, anybody else have an opinion?

 

[DeltaMac]

That Crucial page is confusing, and doesn't need to be. It also doesn't even mention that two different RAM chips that are needed.

Your 700 MHz iMac G4 has two RAM slots. One, under the bottom metal panel, is a SO-DIMM slot, for up to 512 MB PC-133 RAM (yes, like in a laptop)
The OTHER slot is considered not user-accessible, and requires opening up the case, including separating a heat sink. That slot also takes up to 512 MB, but it takes PC-133 SDRAM (desktop full-size stick).
If you want to maximize the RAM (max = 1 GB), that's what you need to do.

 

[Ih8reno]

I opened it up and the user accessible one was a small stick so I'm guessing that's a laptop style one. So I guess then the above link would work?

 

[DeltaMac]

Yes, but that link only refers to the SO-DIMM.
Here's one link for the OTHER chip that you would need:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/133SD512328/

more info:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac/G4_700MHz_800MHz