[CUBE] jog my memory

[Philip J. Robar]

On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 05:16  AM, Christopher Hack wrote:

> hello fellow cubers. quick question. i was under the assumption you 
> could
> use pc100 or pc133 chips to upgrade the ram. i have just removed the
> existing ram and replaced it with a whole load of pc133 ram - then 
> found the
> cube doesn't like it. fortunately the dealer will take it back for a 
> swap,
> but i just wanted to double check with one of you knowledable cubists 
> out
> there.

You didn't say what size the new memory was, but if it was 512 MB the 
problem may have been the number of chips per bank in the SDIMM. Much 
of the really inexpensive memory out there will only work with certain 
PC chipsets which support AMD CPUs. Other memory is dense enough (fewer 
chips with more memory per chip) that it only works with motherboards 
of newer PCs and Macs that know how to talk to it correctly. Your best 
bet is to buy from a store or web site that will verify that the memory 
you're getting will work in your model of Mac. OWC (www.macsales.com) 
generally has good prices.

Phil