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- Your Mac's Specs
- Late 2015 27" iMac, 3.3ghz, M395 gpu, 2tb Fusion, 8gb
I have an older Intel 20" iMac, mid 2006 model (is that really older?). It came with the standard 512mb since I took everyone's advice and didn't order more from Apple.
I tried to add another 1gb to it last year but couldn't get it to work, so I just gave up on it and I figured it was a bad stick. I tried installing it multiple times, swapped the slots, cleaned the contacts. I would just get a fast flash on restart. It isn't like I do a lot on it anyway, mostly surf and iTunes. My son however is turning into quite the musician and was complaining about it sometimes being a little slow when recording.
Yesterday, my 2 new samsung 1gb sticks arrived and I tried installing them both. Same thing, a fast flash. I pulled the lower stick out and tried that and it worked, so now I'm up to 1gb in the machine and it does seem faster and more responsive, particularly with MS Word/Excel, which aren't native.
My question is what to try next? I'm beginning to think that one slot has a problem, or maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any advice? (my system spec is wrong on my profile, I never got the extra to work.)
I tried to add another 1gb to it last year but couldn't get it to work, so I just gave up on it and I figured it was a bad stick. I tried installing it multiple times, swapped the slots, cleaned the contacts. I would just get a fast flash on restart. It isn't like I do a lot on it anyway, mostly surf and iTunes. My son however is turning into quite the musician and was complaining about it sometimes being a little slow when recording.
Yesterday, my 2 new samsung 1gb sticks arrived and I tried installing them both. Same thing, a fast flash. I pulled the lower stick out and tried that and it worked, so now I'm up to 1gb in the machine and it does seem faster and more responsive, particularly with MS Word/Excel, which aren't native.
My question is what to try next? I'm beginning to think that one slot has a problem, or maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any advice? (my system spec is wrong on my profile, I never got the extra to work.)