Does an Apple PowerPC G3 use the same ram as an x86 PC?

[BlvdKing]

I looked at the guts of a discarded PowerPC 300mhz today and saw that it uses DRAM DIMMS and the motherboard says "SDRAM only". The modules look exactly like the Micron I have in my computer, only they are Siemens 8ns. Will the ram work in my PC?

 

[RSI]

I think it should work... as long as both are 168 pins (I'm assuming that's what it would be), SDRAM is DRAM... it's syncronous DRAM, that's what the S stands for. It looks like it should work... you could give it a shot if you're not too worried.

-RSI

 

[hans007]

the g3s and g4s use standard pc100. You need pretty high spec stuff, i dont think throwing in random generic memory is such a good idea.

 

[tom3]

Bought a stick of 128mb pc100 generic ram and stuck it in my brother's beige G3. Not a problem since then

 

[obeseotron]

Newer G3s and G4s use PC100, I don't think the pre-fruity colors Macs do, I think they have 66Mhz bus. PC100 shuould still work. My Dad's G4 inherited my PC100 when I got PC133.