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Q: Wondering if linked ram is OK for my Powerbook G4 12"

I am thinking of purchasing this ram and I am wondering is it would be compatible with my 12" 1ghz PowerBook G4. It all seems ok to me but I am just double Checking.

 

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1GB-DDR-PC2100-1-GB-PC-2100-266MHz-SODIMM-LAPTOP-MEMO RY-/180678218200?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1142d1d8#ht_1393wt_1168

 

Thanks

Peter

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 15, 2012 5:38 AM

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  • by Texas Mac Man,

    Texas Mac Man Texas Mac Man Apr 15, 2012 10:27 AM in response to PetersPowermacG4
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    Apr 15, 2012 10:27 AM in response to PetersPowermacG4

    It's the right type, PC2100, but the page says Laptop PC; no mention of Mac. Macs running OS X are picky about RAM quality, so don't recommend you buy. Find RAM on eBay that says Mac or buy from a trusted Mac supplier like Other Workd Computing.

     

     Cheers, Tom

     

    You can ask the eBay supplier if it's Mac compatible.

     

    Message was edited by: Texas Mac Man

  • by BGreg,

    BGreg BGreg Apr 15, 2012 1:06 PM in response to PetersPowermacG4
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    Apr 15, 2012 1:06 PM in response to PetersPowermacG4

    Stick with OWC, as Tom mentioned, or Crucial.  The PowerBook bus architecture uses bus skewing, which alters the power to the memory bus, to reduce heat and power consumption. A, usually inexpensive, memory card could meet the printed specs and still fail, typically with kernel panics. Crucial, at http:/www.crucial.com , guarantees it's memory will perform if chosen from their memory selector. Free shipping, and you can usually find a 5% off coupon on retailmenot.com.  OWC carries Samsung, their own branded memory, and for some Micron memory, any of which are solid brands to go with. 

  • by Allan Jones,Solvedanswer

    Allan Jones Allan Jones Apr 15, 2012 10:10 PM in response to PetersPowermacG4
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    Apr 15, 2012 10:10 PM in response to PetersPowermacG4

    Date Memory Systems ( http://www.datamemorysystems.com/G4_PowerBook_Memory.asp ) also is aware of the bus slewing issue and guarantees its RAM to work in the four PB variants that employ this technology.

     

    BGreg, did you know at one point Crucial was NOT addressing the bus slewing issue? It made OWC and DMS a lot of friends and caused quite the public "watering" contest. All fixed now, apparently.

  • by DrakkenWar,

    DrakkenWar DrakkenWar Apr 17, 2012 9:54 PM in response to PetersPowermacG4
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    Apr 17, 2012 9:54 PM in response to PetersPowermacG4

    I cannot agree more here. I recently purchased a PowerBook G4/1.5 from a pretty repultable mac resaler that came with 2 hodge-podge 512mb chips in it that would only see 512 no matter what I did to swap them around.

    Biting the bullet, I went over to OWC and purchased a 2 gig upgrade kit for around $66.00 +shipping, a few days wait, a 10 minute install later and smooth sailing on my PowerBook!

     

    Good call on doing your homework and follow-up's on the forums.

     

    ~Drake

  • by PetersPowermacG4,

    PetersPowermacG4 PetersPowermacG4 Apr 21, 2012 5:31 PM in response to PetersPowermacG4
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    Apr 21, 2012 5:31 PM in response to PetersPowermacG4

    Thanks For all your reply's

    I ended up buying the OWC ram for a great price.

    Cant wait till it comes

     

    Peter