Problems upgrading RAM in G3 iMac 400

Hi there,
I'm having some problems with upgrading the RAM in my iMac G3 (slot-loading 400Mhz). It is currently running OS X Server (10.3.9 - I upgraded the firmware via OS 9). Unfortunately it only has a meagre 192 mb of RAM in so I wanted to do an upgrade. I read on the Crucial website that the machine will handle 1gb of SDRAM so I went down to my local store and bought 1gb of RAM that I expected would be compatible. The Spec of the RAM was 2 sticks of 512MB 133MHz Non Parity SDRAM 168pin DIMM (website link for RAM bought is: http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalogname=Savastore&productid=10005879&pid=44&rstrat=0) Unfortunately when I put both these sticks of RAM in, my system beeps twice and the standby light flashes slowly. I took one of the RAM sticks out and put back in the 128 stick that had originally been in there and the machine powered up...but didn't show the additional 512 stick present. Does anyone have any experiences like this? Do I have to use a specific 'Apple' branded RAM here? Is there anything glaringly incompatible about the spec of the RAM used?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Martin BG
Life as an Apple Switcher - http://aurora7795.blogspot.com

Martin, 
The iMac G3 400 requires PC100 RAM. Now Crucial will sell you PC133 because they know that their RAM is of a sufficiently good quality to downspeed to work in a PC100 system. However I suspect that the cheaper RAM you've bought can't handle that downspeed properly.
In addition Macs and OS X are notoriously fickle about the quality of RAM so it's always worth spending the extra £5-10 on RAM from a Mac friendly supplier.
My iMac G3 400 works just fine with 1Gb of Crucial PC133 RAM.
For your information 2 beeps refers to "incompatible RAM installed" this article refers (link).
mrtotes

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