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| Click here to select a new forum. | | RAM not working | Posted by: Christopher on 2008-04-18 17:25:03
Hey, I just got a Crucial PC133 512MB stick for my iBook G3 today and to my dismay, it will not let the iBook boot, I tried it in my Pismo as well but to no avail. I have tried reseating it, cleaning contacts..... Is it deemed dead?
| Posted by: John8520 on 2008-04-18 17:44:45
How many chips does it have? You need low density 512mb sticks for them to work in pismos or early ibooks.
| Posted by: Christopher on 2008-04-18 17:52:59
By, looking at it online, it is not low density. $53, not well spent... But I'm sure I can get a refund.
| Posted by: equill on 2008-04-18 21:13:27
... $53, not well spent... But I'm sure I can get a refund. Not if you bought it through eBay. To replace a working 128MB card, I bought an 8-chip 512MB Crucial RAM SO-DIMM of the correct specification (according to Crucial's website) for a 14" iBook G3/600MHz last August. The new card wasn't seen by the iBook. ASP saw the RAM slot as empty. Apple's Hardware Test CD reported:
DIMM1/J12 Bad Memory
PC133-322, SDRAM
CL3:7.5, CL2:10.0 Cycle (ns)
00-0
Rev. 0000, 00 00, 00
ie, with no data in the last two lines, in contrast with the existing 128MB DIMM:
2C-0, 8LSDT1664LHG-13383
Rev. 0300, 02 01, 08.
I told the seller of this on the day that the card arrived, and asked for an RMA number. I returned the card by registered post, and it was delivered in Hong Kong four weeks after I sent it. The seller had the effrontery to post feedback claiming to have made a refund, which never appeared in my PayPal account, the only avenue for him to make a refund. Neither eBay nor PayPal would get off their behinds to do anything about the matter, which still stands the same eight months later. So I have neither RAM nor refund. Fraud at least, and scarcely distinguishable from theft at best.
Cross your fingers and wish very hard for your refund or replacement.
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| Posted by: Christopher on 2008-04-18 21:40:31
Not if you bought it through eBay. No, I got it from a computer shop that I am going to apply at.
| Posted by: Cory5412 on 2008-04-18 23:18:28
Local shops are pretty great at making sure you've got what you need when it comes to ram, especially if you come back within their return period. I once had to go through three different sticks to find a ram upgrade that'd work in an old Athlon700 I had, and the people at the shop were helpful the whole way through.
I kind of miss well-stocked, well-staffed, small computer shops that carry a good mixture of used and new stuff. They pretty much don't exist in Arizona. There's the occasional unfriendly guy who starts a computer shop and sells off his old crap along with stuff he buys on eBay or whatever, overpricing the whole way. But nothing really good.
| Posted by: LCGuy on 2008-04-18 23:41:33
Indeed, Cory. There's one small computer shop near where I live which is where I buy all my gear from, and refer all my customers to. They've only been going for a couple of years, but they're a great shop, the people there are nice and know what they're talking about, and don't treat you like a drop-kick, and unlike 99% of our local computer shops (including our ONLY AASP :-/ ), they're not as dodgy as your typical dodgy cheesy used car salesman 😛
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