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I have a friend with an iMac G4, 1.16GHz [thought it was, but searching online, it may be a 1GHz, as there didn't seem to be a 1.16GHz]. It currently has 256GB RAM in it, and desperately needs more. DOes anyone know the max it will take and how many slots?
I seem to be reading conflicting views about how easy it is to install? There's a user slot in the base and another further in. Have you done this upgrade? 1GB or 2GB total, what in what slot? Easy? The inner slot sounds the tricky one. Is there a definitive resource for this online, not found anything that I'm satisfied as a source yet.
I have installed RAM in early Powerbooks [the dark plastic ones, forget the model now], iBook, MacBook Pro, iMac G3, iMac G5, G5 Power Mac. Will the G4 iMac be the tricky one of these or am I misinformed on this?
Originally posted at 10:24AM, 30 June 2008 PDT
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/blue edited this topic 2 months ago.
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at last. found this:
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=26239
anyone done a RAM install in one of these? any tips to look out for? bits likely to break due to age or anything?
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It's not a problem. You have to take care of the ribbons connecting the bottom to the top once you go deeper for the inner replacement.
Not a big deal. While you're at it you may consider replacing the harddrive with a bigger more silent version and possibly DVD-R?
Here's one that goes all the way.
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I've only upgraded ram in the user slot of these an 800MHz 17" G4 ... fairly straightforwards if you follow an online guide. The engineers slot is supposedly much harder to get to and uses a different type of ram from the user slot.
From what I remember they can only accept 512MB ram sticks at the most so the upgrade potential is a bit limited ... though going from 256MB to 768MB will definitely yield a huge speed improvement.
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If you have experience with it and are willing to take the task on it should be fine. HOWEVER these models are notoriously not very user-friendly when it comes to opening them up and messing with the insides. Be very careful with what you do, and make sure you are following qualified directions.
The machine will see a definite improvement, but I agree with Steen.L.Larsen, it may be worth your time to replace the drive. My iMac G4 is five years old and the drive is obviously on the way out. I don't know what the condition of your machine is, but if you'd like it to last a while it could be something to invest in.
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washablemarkers edited this topic 2 months ago.
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Thanks guys...
The hard drive in this machine is fine so far, although I am getting them to set up a back up drive, as they don't have one [eek!]. They're a family with a G4 iMac and an iBook, so budget is tight. They're not after any other upgrades. WIth their usage [they're artists, and only use their Macs when they have too!], they don't want the DVD bit, they just want it to run a bit faster.
I was surprised to see how unfriendly they are inside when I looked online, but then my first very early PowerBook 3400 was an ugly thing to upgrade inside too!
Gonna have to get on and take a look. May just go for the user slot RAM upgrade, as their needs are so minimal, and they will manage just fine with that. I can always add the inner RAM later, but if it was me, I would get a newer Mac, it already has a hot pixel on the screen, but that's not bothering them either.
I'm always glad to see people who are prepared to maintain machines rather than ditch them for newer, it makes for less waste in the world.
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Can anyone recommend a UK source for a 1024MB PC2100 DDR chip? I always use Crucial for memory, but they only have up to 512MB in stock.
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/blue edited this topic 2 months ago.
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Crucial, but if you go through the system selector it will only offer the official max ram as options, Apple officially state 1gb max, but the DDR models will definitely take 1gb chips in both slots, taking you upt to 2gb of ram. So you get 1gb chips by selecting the ram instead and picking the relevent chip, though go for PC2700 it'll be cheaper and still work.
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jonbradbury edited this topic 2 months ago.
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Thanks Jon!
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