Hey all,
new to the forum i always hate having to start off my intro post with a "help me im screwed" thread but anyways. Ive been on a mac for the last 5 years, since i got into the video industry through college and such. Ive upgraded ram on macbook pros, and mac pros, so i know the drill. Or so i thought...
Im on a 2011 iMac i5 27". I thought i would add on to the factory 4 gigs with 2 4 gig sticks to bump be up to 12 gigs since i do a lot of graphics and video editing and such at home and at work.
First tried leaving the 2 2 gig sticks in their factory location, then adding in my 4 gig sticks. Booted up no problem. I went to the system profiler and found that the iMac is only recognizing one 2 gig stick, and one 4 gig stick.
Somewhat puzzled ive tried every configuration under the sun. Ive also tried having just the two 4 gig sticks in the "top" position as recommended by the apple site. (two slots closest to the monitor) Which yielded a ****** off beeping imac.
Im at my wits end right now. Not sure where to go from here. The only way i can get the imac to recognize the 4 gig sticks is by having the two 4 gigs "stand side" and the 2 2 gig sticks "screen side" Which gives me the 6 gig total. Here's also a screencap.
pls help!
new to the forum i always hate having to start off my intro post with a "help me im screwed" thread but anyways. Ive been on a mac for the last 5 years, since i got into the video industry through college and such. Ive upgraded ram on macbook pros, and mac pros, so i know the drill. Or so i thought...
Im on a 2011 iMac i5 27". I thought i would add on to the factory 4 gigs with 2 4 gig sticks to bump be up to 12 gigs since i do a lot of graphics and video editing and such at home and at work.
First tried leaving the 2 2 gig sticks in their factory location, then adding in my 4 gig sticks. Booted up no problem. I went to the system profiler and found that the iMac is only recognizing one 2 gig stick, and one 4 gig stick.
Somewhat puzzled ive tried every configuration under the sun. Ive also tried having just the two 4 gig sticks in the "top" position as recommended by the apple site. (two slots closest to the monitor) Which yielded a ****** off beeping imac.
Im at my wits end right now. Not sure where to go from here. The only way i can get the imac to recognize the 4 gig sticks is by having the two 4 gigs "stand side" and the 2 2 gig sticks "screen side" Which gives me the 6 gig total. Here's also a screencap.
pls help!