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The imac g4 I picked up the other day says this in the system profile
Dimm0/J22 Empty
Dimm 1/J20 256 DDR SDram PC2700U - 25330
So who knows which slot is the internal?
Because when I open the bottom plate I found a Apple 256meg small dimm. I pulled and reinstall and still says same in the profile.
So what does this mean?
Internal empty or not recognizing?
or
User upgradable slot not being recognized?
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> I pulled and reinstall and still says same in the profile.
Try pulling the RAM, NOT reinstalling it and starting up.
If the iMac starts up normally then the user-upgradeable slot might be dead or the RAM out of spec.
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I believe Dimm 1/J20 is the user accessible slot...so you'll have to disassemble the entire thing to see if the internal slot is actually empty or just non-functioning. You might try the Apple Hardware Test and/or another memory test first though. Good Luck!
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Ok I remove the user accessible ram and found that the imac still boots.
So,
Dimm0/J22 Empty is the user accessible
Dimm 1/J20 256 DDR SDram PC2700U - 25330
This means the Apple brand chip in the user accessible slot is bad or its something with the slot itself.
I don't have the original disks so I can't do the apple hardware tests.
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gg,
i might be able to burn you a hardware test disc, or upload the file - they are small.
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that would be great, maybe email?
I sent a pm
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that version of AHT for iMac is 1.2.2
Mactracker says the iMac 1.25 Ghz needs AHT 2.0.2.
