[G4] Memory specifications for Pmac G4 Gigabit Ethernet

Till Wimmer g4-lisz at tonarchiv.ch
Sun Jan 6 05:03:40 PST 2008


Brian,

unbuffered, non-ECC 100MHz CL2 or CL3 should work - 64Mx64 architecture
is needed (8 chips on each side).

-- Till

Brian Deuel wrote:
> When I picked up both of my DP500 G4 Gigabit Ethernet machines, both
> each had 1gb of PC100 memory, in four 256meg sticks. I'm looking to pick
> up a couple of 512meg sticks to bring my Sonnet upgraded 1.8ghz machine
> up to 1.5 gigs, but I'm not sure what to look for, specs-wise. I checked
> out Otherworld Computing's prices, and $50 per stick seems a little high
> for me.
>
> So my question is, has anyone brought any memory at a decent price that
> matches the specs that Otherworld sells, but at a more reasonable price?
> And if so, what exactly did you buy? Also, what kind of specs should I
> look for (cl2, how many chips, registered/unregistered, ECC/non-ECC,
> etc)?
>
> I know this seems cheap of me, but with other memory going for extremely
> cheap prices, why would these sticks go for $50 and up? Scarcity and
> demand? It just seems ridiculous to me when the same memory sold for
> less just a couple of years ago.
>
>
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