IMac 5,2 getting it over 2GB of Ram I think I'm close

Ok, so this is been quite a project I've been completely determined to get my iMac 5,2 over 2GB of Ram so far what I've done is
-Disable SMBios (which has done ALOT of good things the most noticable is the improvement in the Intel GMA 950 it allows alot of updated intel kexts to run and I can tell it's removed the boot-arg "maxmememory=2017" in Lion when you load the system profile when you get to the about this mac in the system profiler it says 2?? and when you click on memory it says that there's no user installable memory which isn't the case but the initial software limiter is removed the only thing I can really think thats stopping it is the Model Indentifer "5, 2" my guess is one of the various efi frameworks is still blocking it with the indentifier I've tried flashing the rom a couple of different ways but have been unsuccessful initial I tried to the downgrade it to a 4, 1 then I was going to take it to a 5, 1 but thats cleary not going to work so now i'm thinking of using a Mac Mini indentifer I think it's the 2, 1 has nearly an intetical motherboard plus the intel GMA 950 but my recent attempts have not been successful I dunno it's a little frustating I was so sure it was gonna boot when I block the SMBIos but it did I thought that was gonna for sure do it so any ideas? I'm not worried about bricking this system the EFI is superisly resilient boot I can reflash it if some does go wrong so if you got any crazy ideas I'll try it if seems resonable.

From the little I understand, what you are trying to do is to fool the hardware and from previous posts here, it's been tried before. Result: it won't work. Even if you were able to put in another graphics card (not possible) and a logic board and a processor, the result would be the same: it will not work.
Your model can go to 2 GB RAM. If you do that, you can run Lion, but it won't run well with it (if that is your ultimate aim), as both Lion and ML are memory hogs and 2 GB just won't cut it.
Also, read the specs on this page including the limitations of Core Duo and Core 2 Duo (educational model):
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-1.83-17-inch-sp ecs.html

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Hi nflp
What does your Activity Monitor tell you after an hour of normal use?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342?viewlocale=en_US
If your running a lot of big app's at the same time and your running low with 2 GB them yes 3 GB would be better.
Except that ram is cheap and 4 GB would be even better, because your system would access 3.3 GB of ram and maintain the matched ram performance.
http://guides.macrumors.com/UnderstandingIntel_MacRAM
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It is a Core Duo (not Core 2) and 2X2 Gb works fine? This link and OWC say otherwise
http://forums.macnn.com/69/mac-notebooks/358184/a-guide-to-macbook-ram-upgrades/
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Addendum
There is a relatively simple server-based way of avoiding difficulties with incompatible system versions et cetera. It could possibly be of some interest.
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Jan

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