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  1. J

    upgrade advice for a late 2013 27-inch iMac

    With the "new normal" being working from home with ZOOM meetings my (late 2013 27" imac with 8gb of RAM and 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5) is doing ok. It also doubles as my home entertainment system - mainly HULU and NETFLIX and for this purpose it is doing ok. I also like the rest of those running...
  2. K

    Problem upgrading iMac memory (late 2009)

    I've had this iMac since new and finally decided to upgrade the memory. It came with two of the four slots filled with 2GB RAM and I recently purchased 4 x 4GB cards to replace. Following the advice of the store, I first added 2x4GB to the existing cards and turned on to check all was fine - it...
  3. O

    Resolved Different Size RAM module (2010 - 5,1)

    Hi, I've just installed 2x16GB RDIMM modules in slot 1 and 5, while the rest of the slot are filled with 8GB. Currently running Mojave now, and all RAM are detected properly, as shown below: I wonder if the slot location 1 and 5 are proper for the 16GB module, because the 'memory slot...
  4. R

    Late 2012 i5 iMac 27" RAM upgrade with 1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SO-DIMMs?

    Hello, Newbie here please go easy on me. I am currently looking into upgrading the ram on my macbook 7,1 white unibody with new 1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SO-DIMMs (also upgrading the HDD to a Crucial SSD drive). this means I am going to have two 1066 MHz PC3-8500 DDR3 SO-DIMMs modules, 2GB each...
  5. C

    RAM upgrade question

    If I was to buy an imac 27 with the standard 8GB of RAM, then add two 8GB crucial RAM in the free slots, would that be safe? Or does each slot have to be filled with the same amount? Something tells me yes but I can't find the answer anywhere. Reason being it would be nice to add 16GB to the...
  6. cpnotebook80

    iMac mid 2011 Ram issue?

    Hello all, So i bought this imac from a friend. It had 12 GB of ram. 4x4 and then 2x2 below in the slots. I decided to upgrade and had 2 spares of total 16gb in 2x4gb (8gb each) module. The specs are the right ones too from Mushkin. I removed the exiting 2x2gb ram and put the 8gb ones in. So...
  7. basilt

    macpro 1.1 (2.1) 2x8 or 8x2GB PC2-5300x 667mhz Ram combinations

    hello, I want to buy 16GB RAMfor my 2006, 1.1 (2.1) MP DC device, with 8GB ram (in all risers) so i can install ElCapitan. I found some ads, selling either 2 DIMMSx8GB or 8 DIMMSx 2GB, PC2-5300x 667mhz RAM. Which one is best and possibly work faster, or it does not matter at all... What the...