[G4] memory problem in dual 867

[jonseward at mindspring.com]

Hi John,

Is the RAM seated firmly?  Sometimes it takes a surprising amount of force
to get it fully down in its socket.  It 
should 'click', kind of.

Go to Versiontracker.com
There are downloadable utilities with names like 'Ramtester' you can search
for that can diagnose your RAM.

Have you looked at your Profiler, Hardware tab to see how the computer
identifies your RAM (if at all) and how that 
matches up to your other stick.

Macs can be very finicky about RAM that's not fully in spec with all
machine requirements.  They can tolerate lower 
speed sticks - like 222 v. 333 - but will run at the lower speed.

But OWC should have sent you the right stuff to begin with.  They have an
excellent reputation for quality and 
customer service.

Good luck,

jon



Original Message:
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From: Patrick J. Runcie macandlinuxuser at gmail.com
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 20:30:40 -0500
To: g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
Subject: RE: [G4] memory problem in dual 867


The ram you purchased, you need to find out if it's high or low density vs
the ram that the computer you have is limited to low or will accept high
density ram.  It's possible, that you may have purchased a high density
stick & the computer will only accept low density.  Another suggestion is,
it's possible the stick is bad.  Try it out on another computer, even a
Windows system.  That will rule out if the stick is bad.



-----Original Message-----
From: g4-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
[mailto:g4-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of johnnyg
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:04 PM
To: G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
Subject: [G4] memory problem in dual 867

Hi,

I just purchased from OWC a 512 memory chip to put into this newly 
acquired mirror doors with only one 512 slot taken......however, after 
installing the memory, I have had freezes kernel panics and other strange 
attrocities often.  I moved the memory about in different slots and tried 
resetting the pram, and pma.   No help so I removed the memory and 
everything is smooth once again.  Is there some magic I should put into 
service here or do I likely have a bad memory chip?  OSX10.39.   Thanks.

John
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