[Ti] Lower memory slot on PB G4?

[Bob Jacobsen]

At 2:54 PM -0400 10/23/05, John McGibney wrote:
>On Oct 23, 2005, at 1:23 PM, Bob Jacobsen wrote:
>
>>For the second time, the lower memory slot on my PB G4 15" 1.25GHz 
>>isn't seeing the memory it contains.  The memory DIMMs are 
>>identical 256MB cards; they came with the PB from Apple. Swapping 
>>the DIMM cards doesn't change which slot shows the problem (e.g. it 
>>doesn't move with the DIMM), so I don't think it's the memory 
>>itself.
>>
>>The machine runs incredibly slowly on just 256MGB, but it does run.
>>
>>A quick Google search turns up several places where people are 
>>discussing similar problems.  But that doesn't really help me deal 
>>with my hardware (I'm not even sure it makes me feel any better)
>>
>>Has anybody got suggestions for how to deal with this?  Would it 
>>work to buy a 1GB DIMM and put it in the "upper" slot?
>
>That would work. I think there might be a repair program thru Apple 
>for that issue.


Thanks!  I just picked up a 1GB for the upper slot, and everything 
seems fine; I even have more memory than I used to.

Does anybody know if I can put the old 256MB DIMMS into an original 
400MHz TiBook?  It would be nice to get some use out of them.  Or are 
them some iBooks that they can be used in?

Bob
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