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<blockquote data-quote="Apple Extreme" data-source="post: 1476511" data-attributes="member: 239954"><p>Greetings, all...!</p><p></p><p>I will be upgrading the memory in my mid-2011 27-inch iMac 2.7GHz i5 which currently has the factory-installed 4GB of memory.</p><p></p><p>I purchased this 8GB memory stick from Crucial and it's on it's way here.</p><p></p><p>To tell the truth, I meant to purchase two 4GB sticks, but I chose this single stick instead (I wasn't paying close enough attention, I suppose).</p><p></p><p>Anyway, to make a long story short, will I be able to plug the new 8GB stick into the machine without any adverse effects? That will mean that the one remaining memory slot will be empty. Is that OK?</p><p></p><p>If it's not OK, do I have other options than these:</p><p></p><p>1. Order another 8GB memory stick (to slide into the empty slot). That would make a total of 20GB. I didn't particularly NEED that much memory, but I guess it's not a bad thing....</p><p></p><p>2. Return this single 8GB stick and order two 4GB sticks. That would make a total of 12GB.</p><p></p><p>My main question is, will an empty memory slot make the computer act strangely??</p><p></p><p>Thanks!!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18397[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Apple Extreme, post: 1476511, member: 239954"] Greetings, all...! I will be upgrading the memory in my mid-2011 27-inch iMac 2.7GHz i5 which currently has the factory-installed 4GB of memory. I purchased this 8GB memory stick from Crucial and it's on it's way here. To tell the truth, I meant to purchase two 4GB sticks, but I chose this single stick instead (I wasn't paying close enough attention, I suppose). Anyway, to make a long story short, will I be able to plug the new 8GB stick into the machine without any adverse effects? That will mean that the one remaining memory slot will be empty. Is that OK? If it's not OK, do I have other options than these: 1. Order another 8GB memory stick (to slide into the empty slot). That would make a total of 20GB. I didn't particularly NEED that much memory, but I guess it's not a bad thing.... 2. Return this single 8GB stick and order two 4GB sticks. That would make a total of 12GB. My main question is, will an empty memory slot make the computer act strangely?? Thanks!! [ATTACH=full]18397[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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