On Thu, 2013-03-28 at 15:19 +0000, richard rjsad wrote: > i am trying to upgrade the memory on a macmini,at present it has 2 1 > gig cards in > they are as written on the chip 1gb 2rx16 pc3-8500s-7-10-1a > ,when you check it on the hardware spec through about this mac .it > shows as 1gb ddr3 1067. > i have attempted to install two 2gb 2rx8 pc3-8500s-07-10-f2 when > installed the give me the dreaded bleeping sound can any one give us > help on why these memory chips don't seam to work i have checked that > they are seated properly and repeated the install twice > i have taken these chips out of MacBook Pro so i know they are ok > all the chip on both mc read as ddr3 1067mhz > any explanation would be helpful as i am now got two 2gb chip that i > cannot make use of
2rx16 pc3-8500s-7-10-1a works 1 GB 2rx8 pc3-8500s-07-10-f2 doesn't 2 GB IF the x16 and x8 refers to the number of ICs on the stick then the non-working sticks have 8 * 256M and the working 16 * 64M which may be part of the story. what manufacturer of the RAM sticks ? Phil _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
