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sjr - Dec 1, 2005 - 3:17 am

Hi I own the 15" G4 Imac 800mhz 256ram and recently bought a 512mb SDR SODIMM PC133 stick to upgrade. following instructions I fitted the ram and the machine would not boot. Made three loud Beeps and I had to crash it. I tried again with the same result, Eventually I removed the new ram and the machine booted up fine as usual.
Is there anything I should know, as I have never upgraded ram before.
thanks

bobw - Dec 1, 2005 - 8:59 am

Hi Simon

Three beeps indicates the memory is bad. Return it for another stick.
Make sure the seller says this is compatible with a Mac.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

sjr - Dec 2, 2005 - 6:41 am

Thanks very much, I feel like I am learning a secret arcane language, "three beeps bad..." The seller did say it was compatible. I just find myself wondering how often ram is bad in general, i mean, what are the odds. Oh well. Thank you.

sjr - Dec 6, 2005 - 7:51 am

Sorry to be a bother, but I had the ram put in an exactly similar machine and it worked fine, so I am wondering what my options are other than taking it in somewhere to have professional eyes give it a once over. Any suggestions?
Thanks

bobw - Dec 6, 2005 - 12:40 pm

Simon

You said exactly similiar machine. Was it the same model exactly with the same operationg system on it?

OS X is picky about ram.

Since the machine works fine without it in, and doesn't when it's in, it's not compatible with your machine.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com