I recently purchased a "PC2-5300 4 GB RAM Chip" from iFixit to replace one of the 1GB RAM's in my dual core processor. Although after trying multiple times it keeps beeping 3 times over and over again and wont turn on. When I put the factory RAM back in, the computer works fine though. What is the problem? Did iFixit send me the right part?
Hey sdesai,
According to Apple, three beeps means that "no RAM banks passed memory testing." Check out the response on this forum for some troubleshooting information for this problem. The first thing you will want to do is reset the System Management Controller (SMC) and reset the PRAM. Then follow the instructions in that forum to troubleshoot the problem.
Hope this helps! Let us know how it goes!
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I am glad someone from iFixit came in to the rescue. That will let it migrate to META better, which is where this question belongs.
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sdesal109 What model of Mac do you have?
If your Mac is a "Core Duo" and not "Core 2 Duo" both of witch are "dual core" then it can NOT tack 4GB RAM. 2GB RAM is the maximum RAM a "Core Duo" MAC can tack.
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