99.999% of the time it is NOT A HARDWARE ISSUE!
The issue is ram density!
Order some ram from crucial, or any ram vendor listed on "www.ramseeker.com"
If the ram is too dense, the iMac (rev A-rev D) will not recognize it.
Pay a few extra bucks and your 256MB per slot will work as 256MB.
Good luck,
Gary Fortman
On Wednesday, February 18, 2004, at 10:25 PM, Christopher Hightower wrote:
I have recently began to upgrade my RAM. I ordered RAM through technowarehouse. At first I added a 256MB mod to the upper slot, my RAM then equaling 288MB. Everything was fine. I later tried today to add another 256MB to the lower slot. Everything seemed fine, but when I tried to turn on the computer the start button turned orange and the computer acted as if it was asleep. So I opened it up and switched the places of the memory card and tried to start again, same result. Finally, I took out one 256MB card leaving one in the lower slot and added the 32MB card to the upper slot and restarted my computer and it worked fine. I figured it was bad RAM and shortly received a replacement. So i again tried to add the new 256 mod. No luck, the start button turned orange and the computer looked asleep. I tried every available combination, and even returned to the original RAM I had previously and the computer refuses to start. Can anyone help me out of this quagmire. I am exceedingly frustrated and worried that my iMac has seen its last days.
Chris
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