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> 3 Strikes With Ram Upgrade, Which Brand of Ram?
Nels
posté sam. 5 févr. 2005, 13:33
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Well, guys and dolls,

Failed 2 times to upgrade the memory on my Alum. 15" Powerbook G4 1.25 w/ Superdrive
(PC2700 DDR 333 SO-DIMM 200-Pin)

Tried Corsair Ram(NOT TESTED FOR MACS) ...Microcenter / 1 GB at 359.00
Tried OWC RAM(TESTED W/ LIFETIME GUARANTEE) / 2 X 1GB at 239.00ea. <<Both Sticks a Bust!

Symptoms: Kernel Panics galore, wake up issues, had to reboot repeatedly to get the Desktop up, without freeze. ..Note: When I finally got the Desktop up, the ram was recognized and everything ran fine, though there did not appear to be any difference in performance/speed. ...Another Note: With my original ram, I have no issues what so ever.

Before purchasing the RAM, I'd read mucho articles on the Alum. PB G4 memory upgrade. Many of which talked about problems with the Samsung original ram, as well. And so I was lead to believe that a different, less expensive alternative would work. My only course left to take now, is to buy the Samsung memory, but then ......what if that doesn't work?

Needless to say, after all that I've gone thru these past few weeks, with all the trials and errors, opening and closing of the PB to try different slot combinations, etc. and then going through the return for refund process, I'm a bit wary. ....I've read much on what could be the cause,(10.3.7, motherboard issues, etc.), but nothing substantial or consistent enough, soooooooooooo

As I'm sure some of you have gone through similar trials, I thought I'd ask, ..DOES ANYBODY KNOW, ...WHICH BRAND WILL WORK, ..FOR SURE? ....WILL THE REAL SAMSUNG, PLEASE STAND UP?

Any comments or suggestions would be very much appreciated, as always.

Thanks,
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dixiechicken
posté sam. 5 févr. 2005, 22:25
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Well you could always try out a Kingston memory.
I think they come with a lifetime warranty if I remember correctly.

You should be able to sell or re-use the other memory modules in another
computer.

Cheers: Dixiechicken


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posté dim. 6 févr. 2005, 00:29
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Thanks Dixie...... Is that the RAM you went with? ...And yes,(GREAT POINT) I am planning to install one of the 256MB modules from my PB G4 in my wife's iMac, which uses the same. Always a shame to waste, but wouldn't be worth much to sell the remaining 256MB stick.

Yep, there's Kingston, Viking, Centon, SimpleTech, Samsung, Micron, etc. Then you've got your RamDirect.com, macsales.com, 4allmemory.com, UpgradeMemory.com, memorysuppliers.com, .........but which of them has the best success rate?

I've only done 2 returns so far and as patient a person I am, this is already getting to be way much more of a bother than it should be. I've owned Macs since their beginning and have upgraded memory many times before. Up until now, I've never had any problems upgrading at all.

{{{Needless to say, after all that I've gone thru these past few weeks, with all the trials and errors, opening and closing of the PB to try different slot combinations, etc. and then going through the return for refund process, I'm a bit wary.}}}

Thanks again, Dixiechicken. You've helped a lot of people here and we all love ya for it. ...Keep up the good work.

P.S. ..By the way, noticed on your site that you'd recently worked with a Nils. ..Nice Site! smile.gif

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posté sam. 19 févr. 2005, 07:39
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In the USA, Try Data Memory Systems www.datamem.com - I have dealt with them for over 5 years. They have the Samsung (DM50 155) module, which is tested in your model Powerbook. Note: The 1.25 and 1 GHz 15" and the 1 GHz and 1.33 GHz 17" do NOT take all the same RAM as the 1.33 GHz 15" machines. They are not 100% the same. Stick with the Samsung on this machine.

Thanks
Trevor
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posté sam. 19 févr. 2005, 08:25
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CanadaRAM,

Thanks buddy!....Will check the Datamen out.
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