Firmware update 9.1.4 and memory

Before installing OS 10.2 or 10.3, I installed firmware update 4.1.9 as required by Apple. This caused my iMac to no longer recognize the (non-Apple) 128 Mb memory module installed about 8 years ago. The Apple System Profiler now lists this memory as "incompatible", leaving me with only 64 Mb of factory installed memory.
If I replace the 128 Mb with new memory, do you think it will be compatible? Has anyone experienced this problem?
Thanks!

Thanks for the good advice. Memory vendors hesitate to say if their generic memory will work. One mentioned memory from Samsung or Micron as good possibilities, though they cost twice as much as generic. Have you any info on specific brands of memory that are likely to work? I would hate to buy memory and have to return it, or worse yet, find nothing that is "compatible". Thanks again!
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