Can RAM from Dell work on my Mac?

[mminegis]

I want to add 1GB of RAM to my powerbook G4, 1.67 GHz.

It is currently running on DDR2 PC2-4200S-444 (1GB) so the other slot is empty.

Someone locally happens to be selling "a set of matching 1GB PC2-4200 (DDR2-533) SODIMM RAM, pulled from a working Dell Inspiron 640".

Would they work on my powerbook? Or coming from PC, they are not going to?

Thanks for your help!

 

[eric2006]

Looking up both computers on Crucial, it seems that they use the same memory, so it might work, but Apple computers tend to be more picky about generic RAM.

 

[mminegis]

I gave it a go - so far so good. Turns out that the maker of ram was exactly the same (hynix). The only 'funny' thing is that when I turned my laptop back on, as I did twice after installing the new memory, I had to manually set the date/time. It went back to 1969!! and twice it did. Is this some sort of 'back in time' memory syndrom or what? I rarely turn off my laptop (normally I let it sleep) so I can live with it, as long as it's not affecting anything else.