Maximum iMac Ram in Core Duo

[deltrotter]

Hi Everyone

All this stuff about 6gb/8gb Ram in the MacBooks has me a thinkin! When I bought my iMac a couple of years ago Apple stated that it had 2gb Ram Maximum. I was wondering if since then this has 'changed' ie. someone tried with 4gb and that works fine. Here's some system details on my machine:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz

Cheers

Del

 

[Eidorian]

2 GB of DDR2-667 is the maximum and it's hard locked in firmware for the Core Duo.

 

[DoFoT9]

2gb i wish it was more. i have a core duo aswell!

 

[deltrotter]

Thanks both!

Cheers

Del

 

[bbain]

At one point here was a thread about replacing the Core Duo with a Core 2 Duo in iMacs. Wonder if that would remove the 2GB memory constraint?

 

[old-wiz]

The memory is limited by the chipset and firmware, not just the CPU.

 

[DoFoT9]

At one point here was a thread about replacing the Core Duo with a Core 2 Duo in iMacs. Wonder if that would remove the 2GB memory constraint?

The memory is limited by the chipset and firmware, not just the CPU.

so to answer your question, no. haha