[CUBE] OT: RAM in G5

[Robert W. Bumala]

Commonly available RAM sticks are 32-bits wide, the G5 is a 64-bit 
machine, so it needs two to tango.  It's like when the 32-bit machines 
came out you had to install the 16-bit memory in pairs.  The memory will 
catch up one day.
Bob.

PS Drool!

macjedi at mac.com wrote:
> On 8/3/03 at 11:18 PM, mentholiptus <mentholiptus at mac.com> did send into the
> ether:
> 
> 
>>On Sunday, August 3, 2003, at 10:23  PM, macjedi at mac.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>Do you have to install RAM in the G5 as matched sets?
>>>
>>>Yes.
>>
>>why.
> 
> 
> I forgot where I read the tech details, but from the horse's mouth:
> <http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html>
> 
>>And what about the single 1.8GHz machine?
> 
> 
> I know for a fact the 1.8 and the dual 2 both require paired DIMMs. I believe
> the 1.6 can get away with non-paired DDR RAM, but someone please correct me if
> I'm wrong.
> 
> chris
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