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I am wanting to purchase more ram for an older G5 Powermac. How many pins should I be looking at?

I need to buy more ram, but do not know how many pins on the PC3200 I need.

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 1 GB ram installed.

Posted on Sep 10, 2012 7:33 PM

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Sep 11, 2012 11:44 AM in response to thesaint8nt

Hello,


At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.


Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto *but not including the Serial#*...


Hardware Overview:


Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Quad

Machine Model: PowerMac11,2

CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)

Number Of CPUs: 4

CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz

L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB

Memory: 10 GB

Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz

Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1


Not only the pin count is important, it must be Mac compatible & installed in Pairs...


http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/PowerMac-G5-Memory

I am wanting to purchase more ram for an older G5 Powermac. How many pins should I be looking at?

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