memory compatibility

I am a Windows guy, and I am transitioning to a Mac. I purchased a Powermac G4 that has been upgraded with a single 1.25ghz processor. It has 4 sticks of various PC100 sdram that adds up to 704mb ram. The PC100 in this mac appears to be the same as pc100 sdram for a Windows pc. Is this true or is this memory Mac specific? I apprciate all of the help I can get guys and gals!

memory is not mac specific, you just have to make sure its the right type for it though.

check out the specs at everymac.com

every now and then some memory modules will not work - but most do

Would I be able to use pc133?

chadmesse said:

Would I be able to use pc133?

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Yes. And the recommended - tho' not only - place to buy is at OWC
http://eshop.macsales.com/

Check for your model of Mac http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/ using the table to the right, and you're away.

hughvane said:

Yes. And the recommended - tho' not only - place to buy is at OWC
http://eshop.macsales.com/

Check for your model of Mac http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/ using the table to the right, and you're away.

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Actually the layout when I bought it yesterday was
64mb 512mb
64mb 64mb

Now it is
256mb 512mb
512mb 64mb

I had a stick of pc133 512mb and 256 that I had from an old pc.

Thanks for the help though.

Only time I encountered issues with compatibility was with my long gone G3 500 Snow iMac.....it wanted specific memory and not any old stick worked in it......made it fun tryin to find a pair of 512s for it

Chad if you start getting kernel panic attacks, a message to restart in several languages, get the modules out as Apple RAM is low density and generally PC RAM is cheaper high density.

If it all works, particularly on intensive programs, well and good.