Apple G5 specifications Adding Memory

If you need to remove the server from the rack, press the release latches on each side of the server’s interior, then carefully slide it forward and lift it out of the cover.

Press these two latches to release the server from the cover.

7When you’ve completed your work inside the server, carefully slide it closed and tighten the front thumbscrews to secure it in the rack.

Adding Memory

The server has eight memory slots (in two banks of four each), at least two of which are filled at the factory. You can install additional dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) in packages called Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs) in the eight DRAM DIMM slots on the server’s main logic board. DIMMs must be installed in pairs. You can expand your computer’s DRAM to a maximum of 8 gigabytes (GB). To check the amount of DRAM installed, use Apple System Profiler (in Applications/Utilities).

DIMMs must fit these specifications:

•PC3200 error-correcting (ECC), double-data-rate (DDR) Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), also known as DDR-400

•2.5 volt (V)

•64-bit wide, 184-pin module

•18 memory devices maximum

•Unbuffered (not registered or buffered)

•Maximum height of 1.25 inches

Important: DIMMs from older Macintosh computers are not compatible with your server. Do not use older DIMMs even if they fit into the DIMM slots.

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