Apple powermac g3 blue.white Service Manual
Troubleshooting
General/SDRAM Do’s and Don’ts - 19
Do
not
use:
• parity SDRAM DIMMs
• ECC (error correcting) SDRAM DIMMs
• registered or buffered SDRAM
• DIMMs with fewer than 4 or more than 16 devices
• ECC (error correcting) SDRAM DIMMs
• registered or buffered SDRAM
• DIMMs with fewer than 4 or more than 16 devices
(irrespective of any PC-100 sticker or claims)
The Power Macintosh G3/Macintosh Server G3 (Blue and White)
is
not
compatible with
all
defined PC-100 DIMM sizes and
organizations. In particular, do not use DIMMs using 256 Mbit
SDRAMs; also, do not use DIMMs employing 32-bit wide SDRAMs.
The Power Macintosh G3/Macintosh Server G3 (Blue and White)
cannot use the older EDO or Fast Page Mode DRAMs. In general, you
will not be able to re-use DRAM from past Macintoshes (8500,
8600, PM G3, iMac) in your Power Macintosh G3/Macintosh
Server G3 (Blue and White). However, there have been some