[ale] memory questions

[Preston Boyington]

Bjorn Dittmer-Roche wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
>  	I've decided it's time to upgrade memory on both my mac and my
> FreeBSD server. I really want nice RAM because of past
> experiences [1]
> so any general advice is appreciated in addition to specific answers:
> 
> * My G4 450MHz crashes occasionally (frequently under heavy
> load) and I am
> suspecting it's the RAM (I bought the machine used, and I am
> writing my
> own software, so really it could be anything, but I want to
> rule out RAM).
> Is Apple the best vendor?
> 
> * My FreeBSD server has a paltry 256. It's vanilla ram, but
> it works great
> so in this case I'd like to augment rather than replace it. The MoBo
> manual says I need PC1600 or PC2100 DDR SDRAM. Can I buy
> registered ECC
> RAM and expect it to play nice with the MoBo and existing RAM
> or do I need
> to replace? Will the mobo even work with ECC if it doesn't
> say so? I can't
> remember the speed of my existing RAM, is that an issue?
> 
> 
> TIA!
> 
>  	bjorn
> 
> [1] I inherited a machine once that kept crashing. Couldn't
> figure it out
> until finally I checked the bios and discovered that ***RAM had been
> overclocked***. Not the ram's fault, but it makes me want to be extra
> careful. 
> 
> 
> -------------------
> Bjorn Dittmer-Roche
> XO Audio LLC
> 
> http://www.xowave.com
> http://www.xoaudio.com
> _______________________________________________

Maybe http://www.crucial.com/

If you don't buy from them you can use them to gather more information.