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Changed RAM IMac does weird stuff
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<blockquote data-quote="artnsus" data-source="post: 1436907" data-attributes="member: 267436"><p>Please help!</p><p>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!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="artnsus, post: 1436907, member: 267436"] 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!!! [/QUOTE]
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