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<blockquote data-quote="skay2" data-source="post: 1802805" data-attributes="member: 400781"><p>H Nick, </p><p></p><p>Thanks very much for the advise. </p><p>Just a quick recap :</p><p>(1) the iMac restarts itself frequently. This is the issue I need to rectify.</p><p>(2) at first, I thought it is HDD problem but I was not sure only until yesterday I finally ran AHT successfully with 4MOT/4/40000003:HDD error.</p><p>(3) I also ran memtest, with 2x2GB original memory plus 2x4GB added Crucial memory with failed result. I ran two further tests : a pass on just the original RAM, a failure on just the Crucial RAM. </p><p></p><p>This is what I think I will do.</p><p></p><p>Continue to operate on 2x2GB original memory and see if there are any more crashes.</p><p>So far, the iMac has not restarted since the removal of Crucial memory</p><p>Meanwhile, I have returned the Crucial memory and waiting for the replacement.</p><p>I will run memtest again when the replacement RAM arrives.</p><p></p><p>One quick question regarding Crucial.</p><p>Can I just keep returning RAM that fails memtest until I get a pair that passes?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skay2, post: 1802805, member: 400781"] H Nick, Thanks very much for the advise. Just a quick recap : (1) the iMac restarts itself frequently. This is the issue I need to rectify. (2) at first, I thought it is HDD problem but I was not sure only until yesterday I finally ran AHT successfully with 4MOT/4/40000003:HDD error. (3) I also ran memtest, with 2x2GB original memory plus 2x4GB added Crucial memory with failed result. I ran two further tests : a pass on just the original RAM, a failure on just the Crucial RAM. This is what I think I will do. Continue to operate on 2x2GB original memory and see if there are any more crashes. So far, the iMac has not restarted since the removal of Crucial memory Meanwhile, I have returned the Crucial memory and waiting for the replacement. I will run memtest again when the replacement RAM arrives. One quick question regarding Crucial. Can I just keep returning RAM that fails memtest until I get a pair that passes? [/QUOTE]
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