[G4] G4 ram compatibility

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Macs of this vintage are not fussy about RAM speed.  If you install faster RAM than the computer requires, i.e., PC133 when only PC100 is required, the machine just dumbs it down to what it needs.

Nate
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Richard Klein <rich at richardklein.org>
> Carl Williams wrote:
> > I have a G4 400 (AGP Graphics) and it has 256MB of PC100 SDram. Will I 
> > have problems if I install PC133 SDRAM alongside?
> 
> I have come across a Compaq laptop that wouldn't boot with PC133 RAM 
> instead of PC100, but usually that works fine; the PC133 RAM just runs 
> at the slower PC100 speed.
> 
> -- 
> Rich
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