[G4] G4 Memory

[Philip J Robar]

On Nov 18, 2005, at 10:32 PM, Linda Sawtelle wrote:

> Does anybody have (for a reasonable price) 2 256MB memory that I  
> can add
> to my G4

http://www.dealram.com lists 256 MB for your Mac starting at $21.  
Unless you know you really need it don't bother getting more.  
Performance gains flatten out significantly at around 512 MB.


> to see if it helps it from crashing.

More memory shouldn't make any difference as far as crashing. 256 MB  
meets Apple's minimum requirements so more memory just helps  
everything run faster.


> I had heard that it might be the firmware but there is only System  
> 10.3.7
> installed on it and the firmware upgrade requires system 9 and I  
> prefer
> not to have to reinstall all the system software.
>
> ...
>
> Hardware:
>   Machine Model:	Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics)
>   CPU Type:	PowerPC G4  (2.8)
>   Number Of CPUs:	1
>   CPU Speed:	400 MHz
>   L2 Cache (per CPU):	1 MB
>   Memory:	256 MB
>   Bus Speed:	100 MHz
>   Boot ROM Version:	3.1.3f1

Quoting from http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117

	As explained in "Mac OS X 10.2 Welcome and Install Manuals" and
	"Mac OS X Welcome and Install Manuals", you may need to update
	the firmware on your Macintosh computer prior to installing
	Mac OS X 10.2 or later.


The latest firmware for you machine is 4.2.8


Phil