Please help!
At first, my IMac 2008 wouldn't start. It was showing grey screen and beeping 3 times in a row. So I ordered new RAMs (4 GB matching pair) instead of my old 1 GB. After 'playing' with correct positioning for (seemingly) hours nothing was happening at all. Then I put back the old memory in along with one new in the other slot and the computer finally turned on. I went to check if IMac recognized the new memory and it did showing 3 GB of it instead of the 1 GB I originally had. Anyway, it convinced me that the problem is not in the new RAMs I purchased. To make the long story short: my IMac worked for about 15 min. and froze again. I had to turn it off manually. After that I was back to square one. When I put old memory in - I get grey screen with 3 beeps. When I put either one or both new RAMs in - nothing happens. It was my first time swapping the RAMs so I have no idea what I'm doing wrong or if it's me at all. I'd appreciate any help anybody could provide. Thanks in advance!!!
At first, my IMac 2008 wouldn't start. It was showing grey screen and beeping 3 times in a row. So I ordered new RAMs (4 GB matching pair) instead of my old 1 GB. After 'playing' with correct positioning for (seemingly) hours nothing was happening at all. Then I put back the old memory in along with one new in the other slot and the computer finally turned on. I went to check if IMac recognized the new memory and it did showing 3 GB of it instead of the 1 GB I originally had. Anyway, it convinced me that the problem is not in the new RAMs I purchased. To make the long story short: my IMac worked for about 15 min. and froze again. I had to turn it off manually. After that I was back to square one. When I put old memory in - I get grey screen with 3 beeps. When I put either one or both new RAMs in - nothing happens. It was my first time swapping the RAMs so I have no idea what I'm doing wrong or if it's me at all. I'd appreciate any help anybody could provide. Thanks in advance!!!