[X4U] ram question

[Mike Senn]

I have a G4 933 and it does the same thing. I've added about 1Gig of PC 133 
RAM, and it's registering it as PC 100, but I thought this was a known bug 
with OS X? or Panther at least ?

Dunno though :)

Mike

At 10:55 AM 7/24/2004, you wrote:


>spoonbender wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>Question, I have a powermac G4 quicksilver 733mhz w/ 133mb speed
>
>Where did you get this "133mb speed" number from?
>"133 mb" is not a speed figure, it's a memory capacity number.
>
>
>>..and 1  gig of ram. When I open the system profiler it tells me the 
>>memory speed is 100 not 133.
>
>The same question applies. What is the entire sentence your system 
>profiler gives you, when it states your "memory speed is 100?
>100 what? Open System Profiler again and copy down the heading and 
>description of where it says "100." It's probably MHz.
>If so, that's your limitation.
>
>>I have the package that the ram chip came in and it says 133 speed. Is 
>>there something Im missing or did the chip get put in the wrong package ?
>
>This is additional RAM you purchased to install, after you bought your 
>computer?
>If you look at the package again, I think you'll find it says "133 MHz" 
>not "133 mb."
>
>I think both Quicksilver models of the PowerMac came with "PC 133 SDRAM" 
>memory modules.
>Those are described in the literature as 168 pin, 100 MHz RAM modules.
>
>There's a lot of good information on this site:
>
>http://www.dewassoc.com/performance/memory/how_to_id_pc133.htm
>
>keith whaley
>
>
>
>
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