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Imac mid 2011 confusing ram installation
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<blockquote data-quote="zarathu" data-source="post: 1269518" data-attributes="member: 138477"><p>Maybe I wasn't clear. I don't need instruction about how to put memory in. I've taken two powerbooks, and a mac book pro apart and replaced various parts and hard drives as well as putting in memory. That's not the issue.</p><p></p><p>There are four slots for the memory. My imac has <u>the top two populated with two 2-gig Ram chips</u>. The bottom slots are empty.</p><p></p><p>The apple support bulletin clearly states that it won't start up if I only put one chip in the two bottom slots. Of course I could buy another 4 gig chip, but not knowing this upfront I did not do so. Since I am now working on my old powerbook 800, as my macbook pro developed the black screen of death, I am chomping at the bit to get back into my new imac when it comes. But clearly from the bulletin, <u>if I just put a 4 gig in ONE of the empty bottom slots</u>, it won't start up. </p><p></p><p>So this means I have to move one of the two gig ram chips to the bottom slot, and put the 4 gig ram chim in the other bottom slot so that I have two 2- chips in the bottom, and one chip in the top(that is a 2 and a 4 at the bottom, and a 4 at the top. </p><p></p><p>Right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zarathu, post: 1269518, member: 138477"] Maybe I wasn't clear. I don't need instruction about how to put memory in. I've taken two powerbooks, and a mac book pro apart and replaced various parts and hard drives as well as putting in memory. That's not the issue. There are four slots for the memory. My imac has [U]the top two populated with two 2-gig Ram chips[/U]. The bottom slots are empty. The apple support bulletin clearly states that it won't start up if I only put one chip in the two bottom slots. Of course I could buy another 4 gig chip, but not knowing this upfront I did not do so. Since I am now working on my old powerbook 800, as my macbook pro developed the black screen of death, I am chomping at the bit to get back into my new imac when it comes. But clearly from the bulletin, [U]if I just put a 4 gig in ONE of the empty bottom slots[/U], it won't start up. So this means I have to move one of the two gig ram chips to the bottom slot, and put the 4 gig ram chim in the other bottom slot so that I have two 2- chips in the bottom, and one chip in the top(that is a 2 and a 4 at the bottom, and a 4 at the top. Right? [/QUOTE]
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