iMac - Added ram but can't start system

al gilliland · al gilliland #1 (**permalink**)

01-26-2008, 04:14 PM

Hi Everyone

Have 24" imac 2.4 ghz. Installed the ram (mushkin pc2 5300 sodimm) and then tried to start the computer. The first screen showed a message to reboot the computer. The second time I got the white/grey beginning screen no rotating wheel and it never went further

Any thoughts

Al

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #2 (**permalink**)

01-26-2008, 04:20 PM

Is this RAM meeting the specs of your machine as you are having a kernel panic? Remove it and try to boot again. Don't give model details of your iMac in the post.

novicew · novicew #3 (**permalink**)

01-26-2008, 04:25 PM

Either the RAM is not properly inserted into the slot or you are using the wrong RAM.

rman · rman #4 (**permalink**)

01-27-2008, 02:29 AM

Remove the RAm you installed and then restart the system. If the system boot, either you inserted the RAM improperly or the RAM is bad.

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al gilliland #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 19	01-26-2008, 04:14 PM Hi Everyone Have 24" imac 2.4 ghz. Installed the ram (mushkin pc2 5300 sodimm) and then tried to start the computer. The first screen showed a message to reboot the computer. The second time I got the white/grey beginning screen no rotating wheel and it never went further Any thoughts Al
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harryb2448 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,257 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	01-26-2008, 04:20 PM Is this RAM meeting the specs of your machine as you are having a kernel panic? Remove it and try to boot again. Don't give model details of your iMac in the post.
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