Added memory pc2-5300 shows up as pc2-3200

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Added memory pc2-5300 shows up as pc2-3200

I have an imac g5 with isight that I just recently received. It works great for me, but I wanted to up the memory to the max. Crucial’s website scanner said I needed a 2gb ddr2 pc2-5300 memory stick which I ended up ordering from them since they said it was backwards compatible to the pc2-4200. I installed the memory tonight and the imac shows the added 2gb of ram but it is showing it as pc2-3200. I’ve emailed Crucial and am waiting to hear back from them but I wanted to see what you guys think. Thanks

Posted on Apr 17, 2010 10:31 PM

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Apr 18, 2010 11:22 PM in response to Belle147

Did you get a reply from Crucial? I noticed that they are recommending the pc2-5300 for this computer although every other sites seems to recommend pc2-4200.

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Apr 18, 2010 11:45 PM in response to Belle147

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-desktops/122681-g5-not-reading-memory-spe ed-correctly.html

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Apr 19, 2010 2:16 PM in response to alancookie

I haven’t received an email back yet from Crucial but when I do I’ll post their reply here. I was hoping that I wouldn’t have any questionable issues with the new ram. Thank you for your reply and the link you posted.

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Apr 23, 2010 1:56 PM in response to Belle147

I ended up calling Crucial Technical Support and the guy said that I had bought the correct memory and that it was a “reporting issue” and not a “physical issue” with the imac . Apparently any PC2-5300 memory that is installed in my imac would show up reporting as PC2-3200 and not PC2-4200 but that it would be running at the correct speed. He said that Apple was not rushing to fix this “reporting issue”. I think that other people must have reported this issue to Crucial before because the tech guy knew exactly what I was talking about. They don’t sell the PC2-4200 memory any more at Crucial.

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