eMac memory upgrade

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eMac memory upgrade

Hi,
Do eMacs and iBooks (have 12-inch, G4, 1 Ghz) use the same memory modules? If so, I wanted to pull a memory stick from my iBook and move it over to our eMac.

eMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 25, 2009 4:15 PM

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Niel

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Dec 25, 2009 4:25 PM in response to Matthew Yi

Do eMacs and iBooks (have 12-inch, G4, 1 Ghz) use the same memory modules?

No.

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Dec 25, 2009 6:55 PM in response to Matthew Yi

Pick out your eMac model from this list of specs. http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/emac/index-emac.html The spec page lists the type of RAM.

 Cheers, Tom 😉

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Niel

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Dec 25, 2009 7:10 PM in response to Texas Mac Man

I checked every single eMac model before I posted, and none of them use RAM modules of the same type and pin number as that iBook.

Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu. If the computer's clock speed is 1GHz or below, it takes two 168 pin PC133 modules. Faster eMacs take 184 pin PC2700 RAM.

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Allan Jones

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Dec 25, 2009 7:36 PM in response to Niel

If the computer's clock speed is 1GHz or below, it takes two 168 pin PC133 modules. Faster eMacs take 184 pin PC2700 RAM.

There were some non-cataloged eMacs made for the education market (briefly mentioned here) that had 1G processors but used the 167mHz USB 2.0 logic board. These machines are beginning to turn up on the used market.

With a 1G eMac, the only sure way to know what RAM it uses is to use System Profiler (About this Mac... > More Info...). The initial screen titled "Hardware Overview" will have a "Machine Model" line. If the machine model code is "PowerMac4,4" the machine uses PC133 RAM; if the code is "PowerMac6,4" it uses PC2700.

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