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dfemorton
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This is my first entry to the forum!
I have a G5 powermac single 1.8 GHz processor which has 4 x 128 Meg of memory that it was shipped with.
I seem to be having a problem with upgrading the memory, I want to add an additional 1 Gig of memory bringing the total to 1,25 Gig ( i am taking 256 out and putting in 2 x 512) but the machine will not accept the new memory.
The error I receive is two beeps on startup which I believe signals incompatible memory.
I thought ok , I will try different memory as this is jst generic so I bought 2 x 512 kingston memory (and i know this is the right stuff as i used the online configurator) still the same problem??
I was lucky enough to be able to return the memory and try the reccomended memory from pc world (same spec as previous sticks) and again the same error occured???
So now im thinking this is a hardware error , iused the hardware test disk that ships with the G5 and this says that everything checks out ok including the logic board.
Now im really confused, I knnow all the memory was the correct specification but the hardware checks out ok.
Does anyone have any ideas? could it be firmware, according to my Mac the firmware is version 5.2.2. (although i cant find this on Appls website) i tried installing a previous version of the firmware but im not allowed to,all software is upto date.
Any help or suggestions would be a massive help.
I have a G5 powermac single 1.8 GHz processor which has 4 x 128 Meg of memory that it was shipped with.
I seem to be having a problem with upgrading the memory, I want to add an additional 1 Gig of memory bringing the total to 1,25 Gig ( i am taking 256 out and putting in 2 x 512) but the machine will not accept the new memory.
The error I receive is two beeps on startup which I believe signals incompatible memory.
I thought ok , I will try different memory as this is jst generic so I bought 2 x 512 kingston memory (and i know this is the right stuff as i used the online configurator) still the same problem??
I was lucky enough to be able to return the memory and try the reccomended memory from pc world (same spec as previous sticks) and again the same error occured???
So now im thinking this is a hardware error , iused the hardware test disk that ships with the G5 and this says that everything checks out ok including the logic board.
Now im really confused, I knnow all the memory was the correct specification but the hardware checks out ok.
Does anyone have any ideas? could it be firmware, according to my Mac the firmware is version 5.2.2. (although i cant find this on Appls website) i tried installing a previous version of the firmware but im not allowed to,all software is upto date.
Any help or suggestions would be a massive help.