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| Thread ID: 31266 | 2003-03-17 02:21:00 | Is MAC and PC memory compatible ? | shift (17795) | Press F1 |
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| 128723 | 2003-03-17 02:21:00 | Sorry for the stupid question - Ive got a PowerMac G3 that uses PC100 SDRAM ... can I use PC memoery for this ? :/ |
shift (17795) | ||
| 128724 | 2003-03-17 04:25:00 | Almost certainly. The early macs used proprietary memory (32 pin SIMMs, etc). If they call them PC100 memories, they'll be "standard". At least as standard as PCs. :D People have troubles with incompatible PCxxx SDRAM memory in PCs. Preferably take the machine in to the shop, and "buy if it works". |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 128725 | 2003-03-18 04:49:00 | G3 Macs use the same memory as PCs. I use PC133 memory (Dick Smith) in my G3 Mac. Cheers |
jos3080 (3381) | ||
| 128726 | 2003-03-19 02:38:00 | Im also wondering Ive got a 60 Gb ATA 100 drive in the G3 (blue & white) The MAC can see it fine but sometimes it freezes and Im wondering if its because its ATA 100 .. Also (sorry about the 20 q's) If I have 2 disks, and I copy the system folder of the OS drive to the other disk and make the non OS drive to be the startup disk, will the mac boot ? |
shift (17795) | ||
| 128727 | 2003-03-23 01:08:00 | Each ATA channel can have two devices, e.g. hard disks. Make sure that one is set to Master and the other one to Slave through a little jumper usually between ribbon cable and power cable connectors. After copying the System Folder to the second disk, you can then select either drive as start-up disk. The only rule is that you can only have one System Folder per disk. For more Mac information see: www.NZMac.com and www.macguide.co.nz |
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