Add 1 gig memory computer running very slow

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bigbadjohn

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I bought a 12 G4 ibook with non working system board for parts it had i gig memory
plus extreme wireless that I needed

I have identical ibook I exchanged 256 memory for the 1 gig chip
the wireless worked, but the computer is dead slow
I checked and memory is reconised as 1.25 gig
I thought maybe memory is defective
I tried in my PC laptop and it works great
Do I have to do something extra in a mac when I add memory?
original memory ddr 256 meg 333 pc 2700s
new memory i gig ddr 3333/266 pc2700

I put 256 megs memory back now it runs OK


I am new to Mac

I installed firefox , but everytime I restart I have to reinstall
 
It's possible that if they are different brand RAM, the timings might be different and it's affecting the system. Mac OS X is very sensitive with RAM timings.

As for Firefox, it seems like you're running from a mounted disk image and not copying the application icon that's in the mounted disk image over to the Applications folder on your hard drive. This is why it disappears when you reboot since the disk image is loaded in RAM temporarily and disappears when you reboot, leaving only the .dmg file.
 
I think there might be something wrong with ibook
When I clean install 10.4 its OK until I connect to internet then it slows down to a snail speed, I tried doing clean install with extreme wifi disconnected
And it did not slow down

Can I make a disk image using a USB hard drive, so I don’t have to keep re-installing?

I think when I installed I gig of memory it coincided with a slowdown that would have happened anyway

Does an ibook 1.3 mhz run much slower with 10.4 than 10.3?
 
You must put in new memory in a certain order. On the G5, the older chips are on the inside, the new larger ones are on either side of those, on the outside, mirroring each other not next to each other.
Try that. :)

As for Safari, make sure the application is in your applications folder, not as was explained above, in a disk image on your desktop. I.E., take the icon for the application and drag it directly to your applications folder. Don't give up on Mac. It screams with beauty once you learn the differences.

Also, in Tiger, if you open account preferences which is found either under your name (above right on the top menu) or in the system preferences menu (in both the apple menu and in the dock) you can create a new account, call it troubleshooter or something. You can then restart and select troubleshooter as the user (when the starting window asks). If things run okay under troubleshooter, then you know something is corrupted in your original home folder, but not in the computer's main system. Try to find it.

One more thing, when I upgraded to 10.4.7 my computer slowed down too, especially the browser. My logitech keyboard's special keystrokes stopped working and my microsoft mouse too. I think this is because these peripheral companies were/are not supporting the update to 10.4.7. Nevertheless, the speed improved when I upgraded to system 10.4.8.
Under the apple menu you can click on about this computer and see what your version is.

I'm just a person, not a moderator, so please go to tech help if this doesn't work for you.
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I'd say that the memory is bad, I've had worse problems with bad memory. You mean DDR333, not DDR3333, right?
 
"new memory i gig ddr 3333/266 pc2700" - If it's 266 MHz memory, that might be an issue, no?
 
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