max memory for older imac?

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John McLachlan - 14 Jul 2004 02:21 GMT

Howdy

I have a slot loading imac DV SE (G3/400). Apple's site says it can
take a maximum of 512MB/PC100 memory.
(http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58007) But chatting
with someone at McWorld, he slapped a 512MB PC133 along with a 256MB
PC100 for a total of 768MB, and the imac is happy.

Anyone else put larger DIMMS into this model imac with good luck?

Thanks

- John Mc

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bleachthru - 09 Aug 2004 05:40 GMT

> Howdy
>
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> (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58007) But chatting
> with someone at McWorld, he slapped a 512MB PC133 along with a

256MB

> PC100 for a total of 768MB, and the imac is happy.
>
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>
> - John Mc

I have the same model imac, and I upgraded the ram to 640 via a 512
dimm and a 128 dimm, I have been running it this way for a year, plus
I upgraded the HD to 120GB and it has been a rocking system ever
since. My friend who is an authorized apple technician at my local
store says that it is no problem at all to up the ram to whatever you
can afford with 2 pc100 dimms.

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Chu-Chu - 10 Aug 2004 20:14 GMT

> > Howdy
> >
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> store says that it is no problem at all to up the ram to whatever you
> can afford with 2 pc100 dimms.

I have the same Mac model and I have 768 MB (512 + 256). I may upgrade
to a gigabyte total, but it works fine for now.

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