[iBook] memory problems with G4 ibook

[J Patrick Draine]

Is the memory stick warrantied by Omni? If they're a reputable outfit  
it should be. If you purchased the memory "as is" ... well, this is  
why I spend a bit more and buy Crucial or (on occasion) some other  
vendor which does have a full guarantee on the memory they sell.
Patrick Draine

On Aug 23, 2005, at 10:22 AM, Dennis Reeder wrote:

> 14" G4 1ghz ibook.  This ibook came with 128mb soldered on the  
> board and one open slot. Installed a 1 gig memory stick in the open  
> available slot.  Memory came from Omni Technologies.  Purchased  
> about 3 months ago.  Was running Panther when the new memory was  
> installed.  Worked perfectly.   Installed Tiger.  Has continued to  
> work perfectly.
>
> ibook is now running 10.4.2 with all of the current available  
> updates.  Within the last couple of days it seems to be running  
> slowly - seeing the spinning beach ball way too often.  Opened  
> About This Mac and was surprised to see that I only had 640 mb of  
> ram.  Hmm.
> Pulled ram out and reinstalled it.  Started up machine and About  
> This Mac says 1.128 Gig of ram.  Ibook runs for about 4 minutes and  
> then freezes.  Froze while running Firefox.  Only other app open  
> was Mail.   So I restart.   Open About This Mac and I am back down  
> to 640 mb of ram.
>
> What gives?
>
> Warranty has expired (it had expired when I bought it "new" from  
> MicroCenter) and there is no AppleCare.  Long story, not worth  
> retelling.
>
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