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#1 2008-08-22 2:27 pm
- longrifle
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Buying Ram???
What do I need to look for when buying PC 133 SDRAM for a Quicksilver? As long as it meets all the specs does it need to be labeled for a Mac?
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#2 2008-08-22 2:41 pm
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Re: Buying Ram???
By definition, a PC133 is a piece of RAM which meets PC133 specs.
Going with Crucial.com is not a mistake.
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#3 2008-08-22 2:47 pm
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Re: Buying Ram???
In other words, it doesn't need to be labeled 'mac' to work. 
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#4 2008-08-22 3:05 pm
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Re: Buying Ram???
Well, yes and no. The RAM you need for that Mac should be PC-133, 3.3v, unbuffered, 8-byte, non-parity, 168-pin SDRAMs. There were some problems with that period of Macs when Apple made some changes in OS X which did checks on the RAM and found some sticks unsuitable after that OS X upgrade.
I recommend (and use) RAM from Other World Computing--the link is to their page for RAM for the last model of the Quicksilver G4s, but all of the Quicksilvers use the same type of RAM.
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#5 2008-08-25 12:31 am
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Re: Buying Ram???
The cheapest new PC133 chips you find will work fine!
The only RAM I have ever had fail, was supplied by Apple, or an authorized reseller.
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#6 2008-08-25 7:56 am
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Re: Buying Ram???
reece_james wrote:
The cheapest new PC133 chips you find will work fine!
The only RAM I have ever had fail, was supplied by Apple, or an authorized reseller.
That's actually been my experience as well. Weird.
I usually buy Corsair Value Select from Newegg and out of probably 2 dozen various sticks I've not had a single one fail. Not a huge sampling, but enough to keep me buying.
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#7 2008-08-28 5:25 pm
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Re: Buying Ram???
D'Eyncourt wrote:
I recommend (and use) RAM from Other World Computing--the link is to their page for RAM for the last model of the Quicksilver G4s, but all of the Quicksilvers use the same type of RAM.
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#8 2008-08-29 10:17 am
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Re: Buying Ram???
SamGuy wrote:
D'Eyncourt wrote:
I recommend (and use) RAM from Other World Computing--the link is to their page for RAM for the last model of the Quicksilver G4s, but all of the Quicksilvers use the same type of RAM.
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#9 2008-08-29 11:09 am
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#10 2008-08-29 11:25 am
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unanimous except for that one guy from another country. Snipper I believe it was.
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