cl2 or cl3 ram?

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cl2 or cl3 ram?

Hey everyonw, I went and got a stick of 256 kingston ram (CL3) today, put it in my mac, and it wouldnt recognize it. after some in depth research around here i found that it couldn't read CL3. I called up the people I got it from and they said they have a stick of 128 that is CL 2.5 Would this be compatible with my imac?

thanks

Posted on Sep 10, 2005 12:20 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 10, 2005 6:44 PM in response to Andrew Schaeffer

Hi; I am also looking to upgrade a G3 Ram and almost bought several CL3's until I read a discussion from yesterday where it was recommended to use CL2's. CL3's didn't work. Can't comment on the CL2.5 that you asked about. (I'm new at this so hope I didn't break any protocol.)

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Answer 2

Sep 10, 2005 7:27 PM in response to Edward Cukierski

Andrew,

I never heard about CL2.5. CLx (where x is 2 or 3) means that memory is refreshed every 2 or 3 CPU cycles.
If you look at web sites that sell Memory for MAC ( Edward you can find good deal here Ramseeker or DealRAM), you will see that they are CL2. Sometime you may fine CAS instead of CL but, the number and the meaning will be the same.

If you have the memory stick in your have, on one side of them, you should see a sticker which may reports the spec of the memory.

Hope this help

Mauro

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Answer 3

Ron JACKLE

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Sep 12, 2005 3:19 PM in response to Andrew Schaeffer

Andrew Schaeffer... (and anyone else)

Never rely on specs in itself but rather some "reliable Mac source" that has them and will stand behind them.

...Ron

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