OS 10.4.10 incompatibility with Crucial Ballistix RAM?

I have two 1 GB Crucial Ballistix RAM modules in my G5 1.8 Dual processor, in addition to the two 512 MB modules that came with the computer. Everything was working fine until I recently upgraded to OS 10.4.10. At that point, the two 1GB modules were no longer recognized in the system profiler. Crucial said they are aware of this issue, but that they believe it is an OS bug. They are willing to swap out the RAM, but if the OS is the issue that doesn't really help. Has anyone else had any experience with this problem? Any advice on how to proceed? Thanks in advance for your help and interest.

I have two 1 GB Crucial Ballistix RAM modules in my G5 1.8 Dual processor, in addition to the two 512 MB modules that came with the computer. Everything was working fine until I recently upgraded to OS 10.4.10. At that point, the two 1GB modules were no longer recognized in the system profiler. Crucial said they are aware of this issue, but that they believe it is an OS bug. They are willing to swap out the RAM, but if the OS is the issue that doesn't really help. Has anyone else had any experience with this problem? Any advice on how to proceed? Thanks in advance for your help and interest.

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