RAM Problems

[normanguitar]

Does anybody know why if I just added 1GB of ram to my Powermac G4, it is now having more trouble running the same amount of plugins as before I had the ram? Pro Tools LE 6.4, Digi 002, Powermac G4 dual 1.25 Ghz processors now up to 1.7Gb ram.

 

[bennychico11]

what problems and what plugins


processer power matters more with plugins than ram does

 

[Rstiltskin]

disclaimer.........I don't know much about macs, but...

Does anybody know why if I just added 1GB of ram to my Powermac G4, it is now having more trouble running the same amount of plugins as before I had the ram? Pro Tools LE 6.4, Digi 002, Powermac G4 dual 1.25 Ghz processors now up to 1.7Gb ram.

Do you have the latest OS and latest updates? does the os see the ram, in other words, is there an OS check ram function in the apple OS.

what configuration is the ram in? do you have a 256, 512, then a 1 gig, or a 256, 512, 512, 512 or what. is any soldered onto the motherboard, like the first 256?

can you take everything out and put just the new ram in, then try it?

sometimes, on some windows machines, the order the ram is put in can make a difference (crazy, I know).

and (for now) lastly, do you know for sure it is EXACTLY the correct ram? I know this sounds insulting, but I don't mean it so. in windows this can be a problem, wrong refresh rates, etc. can you double check everything?

I will keep thinking, let me know what's up.

 

[RhythmRmixd]

Here, this should help you:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=42686

I know that memory has to be installed in pairs of equal size (512 with 512, 1 GB with 1 GB) in the G5's starting in the middle slots and moving outward, but that doesn't seem to be the case with the PowerMac G4's, based on this article.

To see if your Mac recognizes the newly installed ram, you need to check the system profiler in the utilities folder.

 

[ocnor]

Larger sticks of ram most of the time will have higher timings which make the computer run slower. Smaller sticks will run at CAS 2 or 2.5. 1 Gig sticks [ unless it is really good ram] will run at CAS 3.
This site explains timings pretty well.
http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/fma/P4tweakRAM2.htm

http://developer.apple.com/document...e_ref/doc/uid/TP40000928-TP30000306-TPXREF106

 

[normanguitar]

Thanks for the replies. I'm still trying to figure all this out and it appears I should've done more homework before purchasing. I was told that plugins run in RAM and RAM is "everything". Not the case. I'm gonna check everything and let you know. Thanks again.